DCHP-3

Frenchie

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a French-speaking descendant of the settlers of New France of Acadia; a Canadian of French ancestry.

See: French Canadian(def. 1)

Quotations

1891
I wouldn't give him for half a dozen of those parlez vous Frenchies. . . .
1910
"Lamonte was his name. He was a Frenchy."
1966
In those three months . . . I was constantly laughed at, pointed at and corrected, as a stupid Frenchy.
2n. Obs.

a member of the French Company

See: French Company(def. 2)

Quotations

1913
. . . they've bargained with a French fur company, as far as I can gather. The Frenchies have been successful in the Rockies and on the Mackenzie, and they're figuring on starting a post or so in this territory.