DCHP-3

Canadienne

[French kana'djεn]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
See note at Canadien.

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a French-Canadian woman.

Quotations

1863
The aged Canadienne arose, with the politeness so natural to her Gallic descent, and bade them welcome.
1963
Miss Gobeil fits neither the cliche about the shy, family-dominated young canadienne who wants only to be married . . . or the one about the gay, champagne-drinking flirt.