Québecois

American  

[key-be-kwah, key-be-kwa] / ˌkeɪ bɛˈkwɑ, keɪ bɛˈkwa /

Or Quebecois

noun

plural

Québecois

1. Quebecer.

2. a person, especially a member of the Parti Québecois, who supports the separation and independence of the province of Quebec from the rest of Canada.

3. the variety of French spoken in the province of Quebec.

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adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of Quebec, its inhabitants, or the variety of French spoken there.

Québécois British  

/ kebɛkwa /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, esp a French-speaking one

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Etymology

Origin of Québecois

From French, dating back to 1870–75; Quebec, -ese

Example Sentences

French shifted to the back burner for years while I chased other dreams, until late last summer, when I happened to meet a handsome Quebecois man who, of course, had been learning English since he was a kid.

From Salon

Quebecois designer Armand Vaillancourt befriended the Black Panthers and originally wanted to name it the Malcolm X Fountain.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Bloc Quebecois, which promotes independence for the French-speaking province, has 22 seats.

From Barron's

In casting Pellerin, a Quebecois actor seen in “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” the filmmaker found a performer with the ability to exhibit ambiguous intentions, not a one-note villain.

From Los Angeles Times

Only Yves-François Blanchet of the Bloc Québécois and Elizabeth May, the other Green co-leader, retained their seats while Mark Carney became an MP for the first time.

From BBC