DCHP-3

Quebecois ((n.))

[< Cdn F]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a French-Canadian native or resident of Quebec.

Quotations

1873
The County and town of Joliette preserve the name of another distinguished Canadian, a Québecquois, Louis Joliette, who was chosen by Frontenac to accompany Father Marquette in his exploration of the Mississippi.
1962
He lashed out at editors of French-language newspapers who had wailed about the "stupidity" of rural Quebecois in the last federal election.
1965
. . . the Quebecois drawn into federal government must revise their code of political ethics. . . .
2n.

the variety of French spoken in Quebec.

Quotations

1963
Like many people who matured in Quebec after World War II she has spent much of her time as a young adult in France. Without being affected, her French sounds more Parisian than what we who don't speak French well call Quebecois.