DCHP-2
French ((n.)) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n. pl.
French-speaking descendant of the settlers of New France or Acadia; a Canadian of French ancestry.
See also: French Canadian (def. 1)
- 1784 The English used to call it the Black Moose, to distinguish it from the Stag, which they named the Grey Moose, the French call it L'Orignal.
- 1872 (1883) And "the French" was at that time altogether a new name in my ears for the Red River natives.
- 1919 The English and French in Canada have not yet attained to the state of brotherly love.
- 1784 The English used to call it the Black Moose, to distinguish it from the Stag, which they named the Grey Moose, the French call it L'Orignal.