banterer

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European men became known as hivernants — winterers who spent the cold months in Native forts and villages.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022

When the district was first settled, the goods required for trade were brought in by the winterers from Lac la Pluie, which was their d�p�t.

From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. by M'lean, John

They were termed the winterers, in opposition to the captains and sailors who visited the colony for the purpose of trading only.

From The Makers of Canada: Champlain by Dionne, N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope)

In May the winterers of Pembina returned to their settlement at the Colony.

From The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba by Bryce, George

The second class of settlers, or winterers, as they were termed, will be spoken of later.

From The Makers of Canada: Champlain by Dionne, N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope)