DCHP-1 Online

French Canadian

• 1 a French-speaking descendant of the settlers of New France or Acadia; a Canadian of French ancestry.

  See also: Franco-Canadian ((n.))  French ((n.))  Frenchman  

• 2a Hist. a breed of sturdy, black draught horse developed in Quebec from stock brought to Canada by early French settlers.

  See also: Canadian horse  French-Canadian (def 2,)  

• 2b a breed of small cattle developed in Quebec from stock brought to Canada by early French settlers.

  See also: Canadian cattle  

• 3 the kind of French spoken by French Canadians, especially those of Quebec, or by people descended from the French of Quebec.

  See also: Canadian French (def 2.)