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Canuck (n.)
U.S. word for "a Canadian," especially a French-Canadian, 1835, perhaps a cross between Canada and Chinook, the native people in the Columbia River region. Often, but not always, more or less slighting. As an adjective from 1853. The NHL team in Vancouver joined the league in 1970; the name had been used by a minor league franchise there from 1945.
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Definitions of Canuck
Dictionary entries near Canuck
Canton
Cantonese
cantonment
cantor
cantrip
Canuck
canula
canvas
canvas-back
canvass
canyon