Cajun (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a member of a group of people with an enduring cultural tradition whose French Catholic ancestors established permanent communities in Louisiana and Maine after being expelled from Acadia in the late 18th century.
  2. the French dialect of the Cajuns.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Cajuns, especially those of Louisiana: Cajun cooking.
noun
  1. a native of Louisiana descended from 18th-century Acadian immigrants
  2. the dialect of French spoken by such people
  3. the music of this ethnic group, combining blues and European folk music
adjective
  1. denoting, relating to, or characteristic of such people, their language, or their music
Cajun (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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