Acadian Frenchman

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

Quotations

1828

I have been told by an old Acadian Frenchman, that ... a vast number of horses were running in a wild state about the east point of the island.

1854

An Acadian Frenchman with a horse, cart, and a whole bushel of potatoes, was met about seven miles from Richibucto ....