draveur

French

The L’Homme-Rivière monument pays homage to draveurs.

Etymology

From draver +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁa.vœʁ/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

draveur m (plural draveurs, feminine draveuse)

1. (Canada) log-driver, river driver
   • 1981, “Canada vignettes : la valse du maître draveur [Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz]”, Philippe Tatartcheff (lyrics), Wade Hemsworth (music)‎^[1]performed by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and the Mountain City Four, Office national du film du Canada, →OCLC:

     Et sachant qu’au soir ils s’amèneront veiller
     Je songe à la valse de mon maître draveur

     And knowing that in the evening they'll go out on the town
     I think of the waltz of my master log driver

Synonyms

• (log-driver): flotteur m, cageur m, cageux m

Related terms

• draver
• drave f

Further reading

• “draveur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.