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French Canadian
noun
: one of the descendants of French settlers in Lower Canada
French-Canadian
adjective
Examples of French Canadian in a Sentence
the French Canadians of Quebec and other provinces
Recent Examples on the Web
North Avenue began to flourish for small businesses owners and shopkeepers with many different backgrounds, including Germans, Chinese, Croats, Russians, Jews, Austrians, Bohemians, French Canadian, Hungarians, French and Poles.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
Camille Beauvais was French Canadian and his wife, Laurette, was Cree and French Canadian, a Métis.
—Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Anina Belle, 41, whose mother is French Canadian, was a university exchange student and a fan of Peter Mayle’s books about the romance of life in the South of France.
—Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
My mother was mostly Irish, maybe a quarter French Canadian.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
The studio has tentatively titled the project The French Canadian.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
In later decades, the Colonial town welcomed wave after wave of immigrants — Irish, Greek, French Canadian, Portuguese — to work its mills.
—Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
Another marvelous person on our hair team is French Canadian.
—Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2023
The research relied on obituaries and Census records, along with other publicly available records, to suggest LeClaire's ancestry is German, Swedish and French Canadian.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1758, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near French Canadian
Cite this Entry
“French Canadian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/French%20Canadian. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
French Canadian
noun
: a person whose ancestors were French settlers in what is now the province of Quebec
French-Canadian
adjective
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