Definition of Acadian

1. Noun. An early French settler in the Maritimes.

Specialized synonyms: Cajun
Generic synonyms: French Canadian

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. Acadian epoch, an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. Acadian owl, a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acadian

academies
academies and institutes
academism
academisms
academist
academists
academization
academizations
academize
academized
academizes
academizing
academy
academy figure
acadesine
acadian (current term)
acai
acai berry
acais
acajou
acajous
acalculia
acalculiac
acalculiacs
acalculous
acalculous cholecystitis
acaleph
acalephae
acalephan
acalephe

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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