'musher

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mush2 (mʌʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
interj
1.  an order to dogs in a sled team to start up or go faster
 
vb
2.  to travel by or drive a dog sled
3.  (intr) to travel on foot, esp with snowshoes
 
n
4.  a journey with a dogsled
 
[C19: perhaps from French marchez or marchons, imperatives of marcher to advance]
 
'musher2
 
n

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