VOYAGEUR

Definition: VOYAGEUR

VOYAGEUR

Noun

1. A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "VOYAGEUR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Etymology: Voyageur \Voy`a`geur"\, noun. [French expression, from voyager to travel. See Voyage.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: VOYAGEUR

Non-English Usage: "VOYAGEUR" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (fare, hiker, passenger, pilgrim, traveler, traveller, travelling, voyager, wayfarer, wayfaring).

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Specialty Definition: Voyageur

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Canadian history is full of mentions of the voyageurs, but they are part of the history of both Canada and the United States. In legend, these men were the fur traders and their employees who travelled by canoe deep into uncharted North America. They were also known as the coureurs des bois, or runners of the woods.

The typical early voyageur spoke French. Many were native and métis, and so at times were lumped into history as 'Indians'. During the height of the Canadian fur trade, they were employed by the North West Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, or private entrepreneurs. For better and for worse, the voyageur interacted with the First Nations more closely than the settlers that were to follow in their footsteps.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Voyageur."

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Modern Usage: VOYAGEUR

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Le Voyageur des siècles (1971)

Les Aventures d'un voyageur trop pressé (1903)

Voyageur (1984)

Le Voyageur imprudent (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: VOYAGEUR

Domain	Title
Books	Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway (reference) Historic Northeast Wisconsin: A Voyageur Guidebook (reference) Lettres D'UN Voyageur (reference) The Voyageur (reference) Voyageur Country: The Story of Minnesota's National Park (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Le Voyageur (reference) Nipissing Voyageur (reference) Pharillon Voyageur (reference) Voyageur (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Voyageur Immobile [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: VOYAGEUR

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VOYAGEUR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
voyageur	151	du hotel la residence voyageur	5
autobus voyageur	121	camp voyageur	5
du festival voyageur	94	ottawa voyageur	5
bus voyageur	67	le voyageur sans baggage	5
terminus voyageur	26	press voyageur	4
bus line voyageur	24	gear.com voyageur	4
park provincial voyageur	14	parc voyageur	4
voyageur colonial	12	pigeon voyageur	4
montreal terminus voyageur	11	reward voyageur	4
le voyageur	10	bus ottawa voyageur	4
ontario park provincial voyageur	10	candle soap voyageur	4
voyageur national park	8	voyageur park	4
voyageur canoe	8	schwinn voyageur	4
camping voyageur	7	buslines voyageur	4
mei voyageur	7	bus schedule voyageur	4
voyageur asset management	6	boat house voyageur	4
day mattawa voyageur	6	vidal voyageur	4
airway voyageur	6	clinique du voyageur	3
autobus montreal voyageur	6	inn voyageur	3
bus montreal voyageur	6	du monde voyageur	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: VOYAGEUR

Language		Translations for "VOYAGEUR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		канадски лодкар. (various references)

Pig Latin		oyageurvay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: VOYAGEUR

Derivations
	Words beginning with "VOYAGEUR": voyageurs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"VOYAGEUR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: voyueur. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: VOYAGEUR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-o-r-u-v-y"
	-1 letter: voyager.
	-2 letters: aerugo, garvey, vaguer, voguer, voyage, voyeur.
	-3 letters: argue, auger, erugo, gayer, grave, gravy, grove, ovary, rogue, rouge, rugae, vague, vogue, yager.
	-4 letters: aero, aery, ager, ague, arvo, aver, ergo, euro, eyra, gaur, gave, gear, goer, gore, gory, gray, grey, grue, guar, gyre, gyro, gyve, ogre, orgy, over, oyer, rage, rave, roue, rove.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-o-r-u-v-y"
	+1 letter: voyageurs.
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