French Canadian

American  

noun

1. a descendant of the early French colonists of Canada.

2. the language of the French Canadians.

3. one of a Canadian breed of small, dark-brown dairy cattle, raised chiefly in Quebec.

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French Canadian British  

noun

1. a Canadian citizen whose native language is French

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adjective

1. of or relating to French Canadians or their language

Etymology

Origin of French Canadian

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

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French Canadian

Awad was born in Montreal to a French Canadian mother and an Egyptian father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Much of the narrative stars the fathers of bacteriophage research, Georgian Giorgi Eliava and French Canadian Félix d’Hérelle.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024

I would never have put the spectacle-minded French Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve in their company — and still wouldn’t.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

A Greek tragedy is reimagined as a bristling tale of rage against injustice in this French Canadian thriller from the director Sophie Deraspe.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

By this time the fur trade had almost died out, and the old French Canadian element had become but a small proportion of the population of the Mississippi valley.

From Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites