From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Acadian
n : an early French settler in the Maritimes [syn: Acadian]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian
farmers." --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie.
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Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the
American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American
rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.
Acadian owl (Zool.), a small North American owl ({Nyctule
Acadica}); the saw-whet.
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