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canuck
CIDE DICTIONARY
canuck, n.
- A Canadian. [1913 Webster]
- A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
canuck, n. & adj. US sl. usu. derog.
--n.
1 a Canadian, esp. a French Canadian.
2 a Canadian horse or pony.
--adj. Canadian, esp. French Canadian.
--n.
1 a Canadian, esp. a French Canadian.
2 a Canadian horse or pony.
--adj. Canadian, esp. French Canadian.
Etymology
app. f. Canada
ROGET THESAURUS
canuck
Inhabitant
N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.For further exploring for "canuck" in Webster Dictionary Online