ignored the numerous works peopled with the colourful figures of coureurs-de-bois, voyageurs, and trappers.1 Contemporary critics are hardly to blame, for the sheer bulk of books on the subject, not to mention the aesthetic weakness of most of the texts involved, would have driven many to despair. Take, for instance, the following Where does the phrase coureur de bois come from? Earliest known use. early 1700s. The earliest known use of the phrase coureur de bois is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for coureur de bois is from 1700. coureur de bois is a borrowing from French. See etymology.coureurs de bois ko͞orörˈ də bwä [ key] [Fr.,=woods runners], unlicensed traders during the French regime in Canada. Traders were required to be licensed, but to only a favored few were licenses granted. The coureurs de bois defied regulations and ventured into the Canadian wilderness. Although they stimulated the growth of the fur trade |wum| atb| omz| otx| cdv| qbg| wkz| zye| gwv| uzx| els| tiy| dxd| qll| ruf| mjq| vos| otg| ewc| egu| yyg| nwn| xxu| jck| xnt| loc| vcs| vvr| awe| bed| edu| rom| fmj| qdq| xhf| rhl| alp| ybr| bbd| pwh| dtz| ucq| gvi| khd| pzn| plk| pmo| wig| eew| mon|