voyageur

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: vo=ya=geur

CIDE DICTIONARY

voyageur, n. [F., fr. voyager to travel. See Voyage.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

voyageur, n. a Canadian boatman, esp. hist. one employed in transporting goods and passengers between trading posts.

Etymology

F, = voyager (as VOYAGE)