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musher

ˈmʌʃə(r)6 senses · 76 ms
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noun/ˈmʌʃə//ˈmʌʃəɹ/
  1. 1

    One who drives a dogsled over ice and snow; specifically, one who participates in a dogsled race.

    • A sled dog learns that by the time she's hungry, her musher has already prepared a meal; by the time she's tired, she has a warm bed.
  2. 2

    One who travels over snow, chiefly by dogsled but also by foot.

noun/ˈmʌʃə//ˈmʌʃəɹ/
  1. 1

    Synonym of mush (“a cab driver who is the owner of their cab, and sometimes a small number of other cabs as well”).Londonslang

    • Nobody knew Old Joe. He was a "musher"—that is to say, he owned his own cab and mostly did night work. He gave no trouble to anybody, and came and went as a rule in the dark hours of the night.
noun/ˈmʌʃə//ˈmʌʃəɹ/
  1. 1

    A mushroom.Englanddialectal

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