Definitions for voyageur

voyageur vo·ya·geur

Spelling: [vwah-yah-zhur, voi-uh-; French vwa-y
IPA: /ˌvwɑ yɑˈʒɜr, ˌvɔɪ ə-; French vwa yaˈʒœr/

Voyageur is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 225 anagrams from letters in voyageur (aegoruvy).

Definitions for voyageur

noun

  1. (in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.

Origin of voyageur

1785-95; French: traveler, equivalent to voyag(er) to travel (derivative of voyage journey; see voyage) + -eur -eur

Examples for voyageur

And with equal promptness came the “Eight hundred” of the voyageur.

It was a man,” the voyageur answered, “and he was swimming this way.

With a look of poignant disappointment, the voyageur succumbed.

How unlike the denizen of the desert, the voyageur of the prairie sea!

The day of the voyageur was gone, and lines of steamboats crowded its wharf.

The voyageur possessed it, in common with all his countrymen.

And thus, though the parallel is only logical, has it been with the term “voyageur.”

A voyageur fell at my side, and another dropped in front of me.

We have plenty meat, and I sing like a voyageur while I build the fire.

When Ned said this the French-Canadian voyageur looked up and nodded.

Word Value for voyageur
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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