plural mushers
: one who drives a dogsled over snow
The Iditarod race started in 1925 after 20 mushers transported medicine to Nome, Alaska.—
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Historically, the teams of dogs and mushers run from Anchorage to Nome to commemorate the route traveled by 20 dogsled teams in 1925 to deliver medicine amid a diphtheria epidemic.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2025
The only locksmith at Yosemite National Park in California, the sole EMT ranger at neighboring Devils Postpile National Monument, an experienced sled dog musher in Alaska’s Denali National Park.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
For one thing, Betsy didn’t know if other mushers would accept her.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2025
The village is on the Iditarod trail, route of the world’s most famous sled dog race, during which mushers and their teams must cross the frozen Norton Sound.
—Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2025
The only locksmith at Yosemite National Park in California, the sole EMT ranger at neighboring Devils Postpile National Monument, an experienced sled dog musher in Alaska’s Denali National Park.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
For one thing, Betsy didn’t know if other mushers would accept her.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2025
The village is on the Iditarod trail, route of the world’s most famous sled dog race, during which mushers and their teams must cross the frozen Norton Sound.
—Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Musher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musher. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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