Cajunn.adj.
North American.
A. n.
= Acadian n.
ΘΚΠ
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1868 Putnam's Mag. II. 54 Among them were..Cagians, the descendants of the old Acadians.
1878 Hallberger's Illustr. Mag. 577 (Farmer) The Native Louisianian..and the Acadian, more universally known..as the Cajen.
1880 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 383 Acadian—or rather its corruption ‘Cajun’, as they pronounce it—is regarded as implying contempt.
1906 Springfield Weekly Republ. 28 June 11 Broussard is what is known in Louisiana as a ‘Cajian’. That is, he is..a descendant of the French Canadians who were driven out of Acadia.
1959 P. Capon Amongst those Missing 43 My father's a Cajun from New Orleans.
B. adj.
= Acadian adj.
ΚΠ
1885 Outing & Wheelman Feb. 337/1 The Cajan fisherman will gladly teach you his art of catching trout.
1942 T. H. Raddall His Majesty's Yankees 26 We'd pluck the French off their farms—off the fat red 'Cajun lands around Fundy Bay.
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n.adj.1868