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Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.
  2. n. A native of Acadie.
  3. n. an early French settler in the Maritimes
  4. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie. 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 (Zoöl.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.
  5. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers."Longfellow.-- n.
  6. j:56/n:44 n. an early French settler in the Maritimes