cajun

2 definitions found

cajun - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cajun \Ca"jun\, n. [A corruption of Acadian.] (Ethnol.)
     In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent.
     Also used attributively, as in Cajun cooking.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

cajun - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Cajun
      n 1: a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova
           Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian')