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单词 canuck
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Ca•nuck  (kə nuk),USA pronunciation n. [Slang](sometimes offensive).
  1. Language Varieties, Slang Termsa Canadian, esp. a French Canadian.
  • Hawaiian; see Kanaka), if the word once identified both French Canadians and such islanders, who both were employed in the Pacific Northwest fur trade; later reanalyzed as Can(adian) + a suffix
  • perh. ultimately to be identified with kanaka Hawaiian, South Sea islander (1825–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Canuck /kəˈnʌk/ n US Canadian informal
  1. a Canadian
  2. (formerly) esp a French Canadian
Etymology: 19th Century: of uncertain origin
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