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A musher is a person who steers a dogsled led by sled dogs.

The term is especially used to refer to a person who does this to compete in a sled dog race, such as a cross-country race like the Iditarod.

The word musher is most commonly used in Alaska and Canada, where sled dog racing is more common.

Example: The prize goes to the musher, but it is the sled dogs that are the true champions.

The first records of the word musher come from the 1890s. It’s based on the word mush, which is first recorded around the same time. As a verb, mush means “to drive or travel with a sled dog team.” In this context, mush is probably best known as the command that the musher gives to the dogs to tell them to go (much like giddyup is used with horses).

Mush was perhaps originally used in the verb phrase mush on, which comes from the French Canadian term marchons, meaning “let’s go.”

What are some other forms related to musher?

• mush (verb, interjection)

What are some synonyms for musher?

• driver

What are some words that share a root or word element with musher?��

• mush

What are some words that often get used in discussing musher?

• dogsled
• sled dog
• dog
• sled
• race
• Iditarod

The word musher is used in the context of dogsled racing.

musher life means always knowing which gas stations sell unsalted butter aka sled dogs' favorite winter snack

— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman)

The 1st musher down 4th Avenue will be Ryan Redington, grandson of race founder Joe Redington Sr.

— Sports at ADN (@sportsadn)

falling deeper and deeper in love with being a sled dog musher

— Blackmountainsphoto (@Blakmountphoto)

True or False?

Dogsleds are typically pulled by mushers.