Musher
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The driver of a dog-team in arctic Alaska. The dog-teams are harnessed in the style customary among the Eskimos and the driver walks behind the team urging the dogs while a woman walks ahead of the dogs.
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noun.
One who
travels
by
dogsled
, especially in a
race
.
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noun.
a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team
Word Usage
"The word musher is derived from the French word 'Marche' yelled in French at the dogs in the eighteen hundreds, yet it's a Yukon Quest race symbol."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
traveler
traveller
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
crusher
gusher
lusher
rusher
slusher
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