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Meaning of French Canadian in English

French Canadian
noun [ C ], adjective
uk
/ˌfrentʃ kəˈneɪ.di.ən/ us
/ˌfrentʃ kəˈneɪ.di.ən/
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a person from Canada whose first language is French, or of or from that part of Canada where French is spoken
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(Definition of French Canadian from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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  • Did it come from Normandy, the ancestral home of so many French Canadians and of French Canadian song? 
  • In Lower Canada there was still discord among the French Canadians. 
  • She had inherited from her mother a remarkable talent for music, such as many of the French Canadians have strongly developed. 
  • The French Canadians of the Province of Quebec are urging the people to demand complete independence from England. 
  • The girl hadn't a relative or friend in the town, all her folks being French Canadians. 

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French Canadian
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈfrentʃ kəˈneɪ·di·ən/
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a person of or coming from the part of Canada where French is the most important language

French Canadian

adjective [ not gradable ] us
/ˈfrentʃ·kəˈneɪ·di·ən/
(Definition of French Canadian from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
法裔加拿大人, 加拿大法語區人…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
法裔加拿大人, 加拿大法语区人…
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in Portuguese
franco-canadense…
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