FRENCH CANADIAN

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Meaning:

A Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("French Canadian" is a kind of...):

Canadian (a native or inhabitant of Canada)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "French Canadian"):

Acadian (an early French settler in the Maritimes)

Canuck (informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular)