French Canadian

noun

1. a descendant of the early French colonists of Canada.
2. the language of the French Canadians.
3. one of a Canadian breed of small, dark-brown dairy cattle, raised chiefly in Quebec.

French Canadian

noun

1. a Canadian citizen whose native language is French

adjective

1. of or relating to French Canadians or their language

Word History and Origins

Origin of French Canadian¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

He was from a French Canadian publishing company, a first-time writer.

From The Daily Beast

Lemieux is a French-Canadian surname which means “The Best.”

From The Daily Beast

We did one two weeks later, which was The Angry French Canadian, which got tons of exposure in Canada.

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Mr. Maclean exposed and denounced the conduct of Mr. Papineau, the leader of the French Canadian insurgent party.

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Fantasy as it is, the book has pictures of French-Canadian life which are as true as though the story itself was all true.

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You can imagine the provocation it was to the French-Canadian population of Ottawa.

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Lower Canada was a unit against the invader, and French-Canadian troops on every occasion covered themselves with glory.

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One or two were on the gloomy, muddy little streets of a French-Canadian mill town.

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