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MUSHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("musher" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Derivation:
mush (travel with a dogsled)
mush (drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled))
Context examples:
"Only . . . " the dog-musher began softly, then changed his mind and betrayed a rising anger of his own.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The dog-musher swore softly, in awe-stricken accents.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The dog-musher surveyed the stricken dog.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Scott turned his back on him, and returned to help the dog-musher, who was working over White Fang.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The dog-musher, still on his knees and stooped over White Fang, calculated for a moment.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The dog-musher indicated White Fang with a backward thrust of his thumb.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"Half of that," was the dog-musher's judgment.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The dog-musher wore a moustache, but the other, a taller and younger man, was smooth- shaven, his skin rosy from the pounding of his blood and the running in the frosty air.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"He's a downright murderer, I know," was the dog-musher's comment.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"Come on, Matt, lend a hand," the newcomer called the dog-musher, who had followed him into the ring.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
