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noun
A Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, offensive, slur, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Cajun
Antonyms: none provided
History
Uncertain. Commonly explained through various dubious or outright disprovable folk etymologies, as discussed in Sexton's article Cajun or Coonass? Exploring Ethnic Labels in French Louisiana Regional Discourse (2009).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
