Furrin words

[chickenfeet]

Have you ever had the experience of learning a word in a foreign language that you understand perfectly but have no real idea what the equivalent is in your native tongue? An example for me is "draveur" which is the French-Canadian word (I don't know if it exists in Metropolitan French) for the guy who keeps the logs moving on a river drive. Is there an English equivalent? FWIW I came across this one while trying to be a good Canadian and read some of the Quebecois classics like Maria Chapdelaine and, in this case, Menaud, Maitre-Draveur.