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ACADIAN

• ACADIAN (noun)
The noun ACADIAN has 1 sense:

1. an early French settler in the Maritimes

Familiarity information: ACADIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ACADIAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An early French settler in the Maritimes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Acadian" is a kind of...):

French Canadian (a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Acadian"):

Cajun (a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia ('Cajun' comes from 'Acadian'))

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