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Gaspesian ((n.))
[< Cdn F Gaspésien]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:Gaspésian
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a native or inhabitant of the Gaspé, a peninsula in southeast Quebec, lying between Chaleur Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Quotations
1905
There is no reason to believe, with some, that these Gaspesians were a separate race or tribe of Indians, or in the myth that they had been, from old times, worshippers of the cross.
1950
In full view of thousands of Gaspesians, a white cross, presumably in smoke, appeared at the top of the chimney, and although the priest insisted that it had formed through natural causes, many local folk still consider it a miracle.
1963
Living in one of the poorer and more underdeveloped areas of the country, Gaspesians have found it fairly easy to ask . . . what have we got to lose?