Cajun means belonging or relating to a group of people who live mainly in Louisiana in the United States, and are descended from French people. Cajun is also used to refer to the language and culture of these people.
They played some Cajun music.
...Cajun food.
...a teacher from the Cajun area of Southern Louisiana.
2. countable noun
A Cajun is a person of Cajun origin.
3. uncountable noun
Cajun is a dialect of French spoken by Cajun people.
...the first book ever written in Cajun.
Cajun in British English
(ˈkeɪdʒən)
noun
1.
a native of Louisiana descended from 18th-century Acadian immigrants
2.
the dialect of French spoken by such people
3.
the music of this ethnic group, combining blues and European folk music
adjective
4.
denoting, relating to, or characteristic of such people, their language, or their music
Word origin
C19: alteration of Acadian; compare Injun for Indian
Cajun in American English
(ˈkeɪdʒən), ˈCajan (ˈkeɪdʒən)
US
noun
1.
a native of Louisiana originally descended from Acadian French immigrants
2.
the dialect of French spoken by the Cajuns
adjective
3.
of the Cajuns or their dialect or culture
4.
of or in the style of cooking of the Cajuns, characterized as by the use of pungent spices, sweet and hot peppers, and a well-browned roux to thicken and flavor sauces
Word origin
< Acadian
Examples of 'Cajun' in a sentence
Cajun
So my wife and I took out our diaries and, surrounded by her experimental Cajun cooking, we tried to find a window for romance.
Tony Parsons MAN AND WIFE (2002)
California and Oklahoma cuisine could not really be described as Cajun.
Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT
But he realized he hadn't even scratched the surface of Cajun life and asked Shelley to become his cicerone.