"coureur de bois" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coureurs de bois [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French coureur des bois, literally “woods runner”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|coureur des bois}} French coureur des bois Head templates: {{en-noun|coureurs de bois|nolinkhead=1}} coureur de bois (plural coureurs de bois)
  1. (historical) A fur trader operating in North America in the seventeenth or eighteenth century without permission from the French authorities. Wikipedia link: coureur de bois Tags: historical Synonyms: coureur des bois
    Sense id: en-coureur_de_bois-en-noun-pwLddsov Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

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