单词 | quebecker |
释义 | Quebeckern. = Québécois n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > parts of Newfoundlander1611 mountainer1625 Acadian1705 Quebecker1775 bluenose1785 Labradorian1818 Nova Scotian1829 British Columbian1859 Québécois1862 Bluenoser1863 Torontonian1875 Montrealer1877 Winnipegger1882 Ontarian1883 novy1897 Yukonerc1898 herring choker1899 Maritimer1931 Newfie1942 Newfier1942 Spud Islander1957 Newf1958 1775 in N.Y. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1881) 13 xiii. 184 A Quebecer found means to convey a letter into town. 1837 Montreal Transcript 14 Jan. 2/2 The match..was played on Tuesday last, at Three Rivers, when the Quebeckers proved victorious. 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 8 Sept. 127 [Prince Albert] has already become imbued with our American institutions, or in other words,..he is fast turning from a Prince des Galles, as the Quebeckers call him, to a Prince d'Egalité. 1890 W. A. Foster in R. Reid Canad. Style (1973) ii. 40 All we need is a sentiment which shall make us feel not as Ontarions or Quebeckers,..but as Canadians proud of our country as a whole. 1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror xiv. 153 Other Canadians go overseas..the Quebeckers stay at home. 1957 Listener 17 Oct. 593/1 The typical Quebecer is still a Royalist, a Conservative, even if he votes Liberal. 1990 Sunday Tel. 22 Apr. 18/3 The overwhelming bulk of French-Canadians consider themselves Quebeckers first, North Americans second and Canadians third. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775 |
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