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adj
Relating to the Cajun people or their culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of spicy food prepared in the style of the Cajun cuisine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cajun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any uneducated, poor Francophone in French Louisiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, ethnic, slur
Synonyms: coonass
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noun
a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Acadian
History
An Anglicization of the Acadian French Cadien (itself an aphetic form of Acadien (“Acadian”)), reflecting the palatalization of /dj/ to /d͡ʒ/ in the Acadian dialect.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
