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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Acadie or Nova Scotia. ``Acadian farmers.'' --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie {Acadian epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See {Geology}. {Acadian owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small North American owl ({Nyctule Acadica}); the saw-whet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Acadian n : an early French settler in the Maritimes [syn: {Acadian}]
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