DCHP-2

Galician [< Galicia] Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  one of the many Slavic immigrants, particularly Ukrainians, coming to Canada from central Europe in the late 1800's and later.

  See also: Ruthenian (def. 1)  Sifton's Sheepskins  

  • The term came to be used in a derogatory sense to mean any Central European immigrant; it is little used nowadays except among older people in the West.

• 2 n.

  the language of such people, especially Ukrainian. See also Ruthenian (def. 2).

  See also: Ruthenian (def. 2)