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 [muhsh-er]  

mush·er

   [muhsh-er]
noun Alaska and Northern Canada.
a person who competes in cross-country races with dog team and sled.
Origin:
1895–1900; mush2 + -er1
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mush2 (mʌʃ)
 
—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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