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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; mush 2 + -er 1
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mush 2   (mŭsh)   
v.   mushed, mush·ing, mush·es

v.   intr.
To travel, especially over snow with a dogsled.
v.   tr.
To drive (a dogsled or team of dogs).
n.  A journey, especially by dogsled.
interj.  Used to command a team of dogs to begin pulling or move faster.

[Possibly alteration of French marchons, first person pl. imperative of marcher, to walk, go, from Old French; see march1.]
mush'er n.
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