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Webster 1913 Edition


Canadian

Ca-na′di-an

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to Canada.
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Noun.
A native or inhabitant of Canada.
Canadian period
(Geol.)
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A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under
Geology
.
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Canadian goose
, an erroneous variant of
Canada goose
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Canadian

CANADIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Canada, an extensive country on the north of the United States.

CANADIAN

,
Noun.
An inhabitant or native of Canada.