a. and sb. [f. Acadie Nova Scotia + -AN.] Of or native to Nova Scotia.
1790. Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., I. 306. They were joined by as many Canadians, Acadians and Indians.
1876. Bancroft, Hist. U.S., III. x. 417. He sent De Pontleroy … to travel through America … in the guise of an Acadian wanderer.
