FRENCH CANADIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

• FRENCH CANADIAN (noun)
  The noun FRENCH CANADIAN has 1 sense:

1. a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French

  Familiarity information: FRENCH CANADIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• FRENCH CANADIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("French Canadian" is a kind of...):

Canadian (a native or inhabitant of Canada)

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

Acadian (an early French settler in the Maritimes)

Canuck (informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular)