Cajun

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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