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Canadian, a. and n.|kəˈneɪdɪən|
[f. Canada1 + -ian, after F. canadien]
A. adj. Of or belonging to Canada or its people.
1568Hacket tr. Thevet's New found World lxxvi. 123 marg., The amiable maners of these Canadiens. Ibid. 124 marg., How these Canadians doe chase the dere & other wilde beastes. 1697C. Mather Pietas 103 How beneficial an Undertaking it would have been for them to have pursued the Canadien Business, for which the New-Englanders were now grown too Feeble. 1746Shirley Let. 21 Nov. in E. Richard Acadia (1895) I. xii. 221 Some allowance may likewise be made for their bad situation between Canadians, Indians and English. 1757in General Orders of 1757 issued by the Earl of Loudoun & P. Lyman (1899) 121 Two Canadian Prisoners..confined in y⊇ Fort at Albany. 1774J. Langhorne Country Justice i. 18 Cold on Canadian Hills, or Minden's Plain, Perhaps that Parent mourn'd her Soldier slain. c1789Encycl. Brit. (1797) IV. 76/2 The commodities required by the Canadians from Europe are, wine, or rather rum;..linen; and wrought iron. Ibid. 77/2 The many specimens of profit to be made by the Canadian trade, at last induced the public to think favourably of it. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 215/1 The Canadians further urge that the province contains no aristocracy. 1862Brit. Canad. Rev. Dec. 3 Shall we become a united people, truly Canadian in principle? 1887Trans. Hist. & Sci. Soc. Manitoba XXVIII. 14/2 Thirty years ago, we, who speak French, were called by every one purely and simply ‘Canadians’; others were known as English, Scotch or Irish. Lately the fashion has grown up of calling others Canadians and distinguishing us as French. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 15/1 Cheese..Canadian Cheddar, first quality, white or coloured—lb 0/8½. 1925J. Joly Surface-Hist. Earth viii. 131 The mountains themselves have long ago been base-levelled by denudation to the existing peneplanes of the Canadian Shield, where they extend over an area of at least a million square miles. 1964English Studies XLV. (Suppl.). 11 He has grouped languages of Canadian Indians together. 1969Nature 6 Sept. 994/2 The Canadian mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)..is usually only found in cold, high altitudes.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Canada.
1805L. in Naval Chron. XIV. 30 Canadian balsam..had been shipped. 1825Scott Let. in Lockhart (1839) VII. 362, I can get the Canadian geese..from Mr. Murray. 1868Mrs. Oliphant Brownlows I. 127 The Canadian had crept into his good graces. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xiv. 415 The French Canadians of that day. |