Found 2 items, similar to acadian.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Acadian
Acadian
n : an early French settler in the Maritimes
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Acadian
Acadian
\A*ca"di*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia.
“Acadian
farmers.” --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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