musher C2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈmʌʃɚ/ UK /ˈmʌʃə/ See IPA manual Freq #156913 Meanings 1 noun a person who drives or travels with a team of sled dogs, especially in a dogsled race The musher checked every dog's harness before leaving the checkpoint. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who drives or... dogsled driverdog driver Word family Forms mushers Derived forms mushing Related forms dogsleddingsled dogdog teammush Etymology From mush, the command and verb used for driving a dog team, + -er. Mush is generally connected with French marche or marchons, commands based on marcher, 'to walk or move.' Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # musher **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmʌʃɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌʃə/ **Frequency rank:** 156913 ## Meanings 1. a person who drives or travels with a team of sled dogs, especially in a dogsled race ## Examples - The musher checked every dog's harness before leaving the checkpoint. ## Synonyms - dogsled driver - dog driver ## Derived Forms - mushing ## Related Forms - dogsledding - sled dog - dog team - mush ## Etymology From mush, the command and verb used for driving a dog team, + -er. Mush is generally connected with French marche or marchons, commands based on marcher, 'to walk or move.' ## Topics - Transportation markdown