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ACADIAN
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• ACADIAN (noun)
The noun ACADIAN has 1 sense:
1. an early French settler in the Maritimes
Familiarity information: ACADIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
An early French settler in the Maritimes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Acadian" is a kind of...):
French Canadian (a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Acadian"):
Cajun (a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia ('Cajun' comes from 'Acadian'))
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