How to pronounce musher
American English pronunciation
MUH-sher
- IPA
- /ˈmʌʃɚ/
- Syllables
- MUH · sher (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What musher means
A person who drives a team of sled dogs
In a sentence: The musher called to her dogs, and the sled shot off across the snow.
Where it comes from: It is mush, the shout that tells sled dogs to go, plus -er. Mush probably comes from the French marche or marchons, meaning go or let's go.
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