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Acadian ((n.))
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a native or inhabitant of Acadia, especially a French-speaking descendant of the early French settlers in what are now the Maritime Provinces.
Quotations
1760
The settlements on the island of St. John increase every day by the arrival of Acadians and others ....
1964
Acadians tend to criticize the parochialism and the excesses of the French nationalists.