DCHP-3

Acadian French

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a native or inhabitant of Acadia, especially a French-speaking descendant of the early French settlers in what are now the Maritime Provinces.

Quotations

1806
It is not denied by the old Accadian French still resident on the Island, that they were very partial to this savage practice of their neighbours, with whom indeed they were very much assimilated in manners and customs.
1963
Though New Brunswick is 40% Acadian French, it is only now that the insistent demand ... for French education is bearing fruit.
2n.

the dialect of French spoken in areas of French settlement in the Maritimes.

Quotations

1957
My inquiries elicited from a grizzled man behind a team of black oxen only a skeptical shake of the head, and a torrent of Acadian French.