Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Acadian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. ``Acadian
farmers.'' --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie.
{Acadian epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the
American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American
rocks known to be fossiliferous. See {Geology}.
{Acadian owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small North American owl
({Nyctule Acadica}); the saw-whet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Acadian
n : an early French settler in the Maritimes [syn: {Acadian}]
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