What's the difference between canoeman and voyageur?

Canoeman

Definition:

• (n.) One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.

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Voyageur

Definition:

• (n.) A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.

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• (1) In a series of experiments over a 10 year period on Alexis St. Martin, a 19 year old Canadian voyageur with a traumatic gastric fistula, Beaumont was the first to describe many important aspects of the digestive process.