English Canadian

noun

1. an English-speaking Canadian.

English Canadian

noun

1. a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent

Word History and Origins

Origin of English Canadian¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The blurb for “Noopiming” blurb says it “is a response to English Canadian settler and author Susanna Moodie’s 1852 memoir ‘Roughing It in the Bush.’”

From Seattle Times

Surely a good sampling of the residences on this graceful western slope of West Seattle are homes with big families, but few of them also have eight bedrooms like this one had in 1910 when the English/Canadian couple Francis John and Pontine Ellen Harper built it for themselves, their five children, John, Frances, Macdonald, Cecil and Margaret, and more.

From Seattle Times

In total seven women are the list, the others being Alison MacLeod with "Unexploded", Charlotte Mendelson with "Almost English", Canadian Ruth Ozeki with "A Tale for the Time Being," and New Zealand's Eleanor Catton with "The Luminaries".

From Reuters

The perennially-injured English/Canadian/German player has been without a club since being released by United at the end of last season, but having using YouTube to prove his knees are not totally knackered, now looks set to move to the Hawthorns on a pay-as-you-play deal.

From The Guardian

John moved a resolution that a council be formed, representative of the four nationalities—Australian, English, Canadian, and the United States.

From Project Gutenberg