First Known Use: 1700
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coureur de bois
noun cou·reur de bois \ku̇-ˌrər-də-ˈbwä\
plural coureurs de bois \same\
Definition of COUREUR DE BOIS
: a French or métis trapper of North America and especially of Canada
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Origin of COUREUR DE BOIS
Canadian French, literally, woods runner
Rhymes with COUREUR DE BOIS
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