Canadian — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.

   Examples

   After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed.

2. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.

   Usage

   • Informal

3. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian French.

   Usage

   • Informal
   • nonstandard

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Canada.

   Examples

   Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody!

2. Canadian national championship.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   “If you look back 20 years ago, we were all playing in the Canadians and high-level cashspiels,” Shantz, 51, said Friday.

   "When we were playing in the Canadians (championships) other teams would come around to watch us do our warm-ups," son Jayme Hall said.

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   “With it being Canadians, I’m just, a little bit, not as good as the top girls are,” she said, despite playing in the Canadians in Belleville in 2013.

3. canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)

   Synonyms

   CanajunCanajanCanuckCanuckistani

Proper noun

1. The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English.

   Usage

   • Informal

2. An epoch from to million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.

Proper noun

1. The Canadian River, a river in New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma in the United States, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River.

   Related words

   Canadian County

2. A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

3. A city, the county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, situated on the Canadian River.

4. A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

Adjective

1. of or relating to Canada or its people

Noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Canada

   Broader terms

   North American