Definition of Musher

1. Noun. A traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team.

Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Derivative terms: Mush, Mush

Definition of Musher

1. Noun. One who travels by dogsled, especially in a race. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Musher

1. one that mushes [n -S] - See also: mushes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musher

museumgoing
museumite
museumless
museumlike
museums
museumwide
museumworthy
mush
mush up
musha
mushaira
mushairas
mushball
mushbite
mushed
musher (current term)
mushers
mushes
mushier
mushiest
mushily
mushiness
mushinesses
mushing
mushistonite
mushlike
mushmouth
mushmouths
mushrat
mushrats

Literary usage of Musher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Through the Yukon and Alaska by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1909)
"The men of the North will allow the lump of sour dough to freeze and as the stock is diminished they add THE musher. flour and water, mixing the mass, ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"When the musher comes into a checkpoint, there's a very specific order of ... Notice nobody is looking at the musher to make sure he or she is still in one ..."

3. Trumps: A Novel by George William Curtis (1861)
"With the most respectful gratitude he accepted the appointment for himself and musher. This brisk little off-hand speech was received with great favor. ..."

4. White Fang by Jack London (1906)
"The dog-musher laid his hand on Beauty Smith's shoulder and faced him to ... Must 'a' thought he had hold of seventeen devils," the dog-musher sniggered. ..."

5. Nomination of John Skelton Williams: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency (1919)
"Mr. musher. apparently, like other men, ' was tight for money for a while, ... Mr. musher came around and paid every dollar. 1'rincipal and interest. ..."

6. Tariff ... Hearing[s] ... on H.R. 7456 by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (1921)
"Mr. musher. We get a great deal of it from Spain and Italy, »• depending on the crop conditions. One year there may be a vir good crop in Italy and the next ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"musher*4 has suggested that the ring-current model is not theoretically justified and has no relation to aromatic character. (56) (a) JA Berson, EM Evleth, ..."

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