1 adj.
relating to a Canadian of African descent.
Type: 1. Origin — Both Afro-Canadian and African-Canadian are widely used. The former term is older and continues to be used, but is giving way to the latter term, which is modelled on African-American.
See also ITP Nelson, s.v. "Afro-Canadian", COD-2, s.v. "Afro-Canadian".
See also: African-Canadian
- See details at African-Canadian, meaning 1.
2 n.
a person of African-Canadian descent; a black Canadian.
Type: 1. Origin — It appears that the nominal meaning was developed after the adjectival meaning, the latter of which is still the more common use of the two.