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Definition of Acadian
1. Noun. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
Definition of Acadian
1. a. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.
Definition of Acadian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. ¹
2. Adjective. (context geology) Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch. ¹
3. Noun. A native of Acadia. ¹
4. Proper noun. (rare) Acadian French: the form of French spoken in Acadia. ¹
5. Proper noun. (rare) Acadian epoch: the Middle Cambrian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Acadian
1.
Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." .
A native of Acadie.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acadian
Literary usage of Acadian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"Acadian and Scottish Glacial Beds. ... Scotland. lie said the latter showed no
such orderly arrangement as the Acadian, and could not, as a rule, ..."
2. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1860)
"Acadian Geology and a Supplementary Chapter thereto*. ... Acadian GEOLOGY.—An
account of the Geological Structure and mineral resources ..."
3. Sketch of the Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia: With an by Henry Youle Hind (1889)
"THE Acadian FRENCH BURYING GROUND. But Isaac Deschamps could do more than this.
Hc.could stand on Fort Hill and overlook the picturesque French Acadian ..."
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