Canuck
A Canadian person; specifically, a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also a…A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.
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6 senses(Canada, US, derogatory, informal, sometimes)A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.
A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.
(Canada, US, derogatory, informal, sometimes)A member of the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.
кана́децkanádec, кана́кkanák
(Canada, US, derogatory, informal, sometimes)Chiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team.
More meanings 3
(rare)A thing from Canada.
A thing from Canada.
(historical, rare)The Avro Canada CF-100 fighter-interceptor aircraft, in use between 1952 and 1981.
(US, obsolete, rare)A Canadian horse or pony.
- informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular
Origin
Origin uncertain, often hypothesized to derive from the name or speech of an early CanadiaOrigin uncertain, often hypothesized to derive from the name or speech of an early Canadian minority, later broadened to denote all Canadians:
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