Quebecian

See also: Québecian

English

Alternative forms

• Québecian
• Quebeckian

Etymology

From Quebec +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Quebecian (comparative more Quebecian, superlative most Quebecian)

1. Synonym of Québécois
   • 1891, John Gmeiner, The Church and Foreignism, St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown, Treacy & Co., page 6:

     But let the humble “subjects” of the rotten, tottering trans-Atlantic monarchies, the humble Quebecian “subjects” of Victoria of England included, once for all learn and not forget that America is not Africa; and that American freemen will not submit to be treated like African savages.

   • 1938, The Pan-American Geologist, page 56:

     In his effort his Quebecian title had been pre-occupied for another formation; in Cary substitute another title had already been a valid name for the till itself.

   • 2011, Grammar & Corpora 2009: Third International Conference, →ISBN, pages 97, 98:

     The Quebecian grammarian Jean-Marcel Léard has identified five morphological features which differentiate what he calls the Quebecian variety of French from the hexagonal variety (Léard 1995, based on the Estric corpus for Quebecian facts): […] Most of these changes are not completely unknown in European French: […] What then could be said to be Quebecian here?

Noun

Quebecian (plural Quebecians)

1. Synonym of Québécois
   • 1968, Monograph, page 314:

     When the Quebecians wish to get out, the Ontarians try to persuade them to stay in.

   • 1975, Quadrant, volume 19, page 66:

     “Oh, yes.” I said, again. “Oh, yes.” Nearly choking. Who is this man? I kept thinking. This Quebecian.

   • 2007, Gísli Pálsson, Anthropology and the New Genetics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 144:

     Domestic responses to national database projects have been highly variable. Britons, Estonians, Quebecians, and Swedes have paid minimal attention to developments in their own contexts, whereas in Iceland there was extensive public debate for over two years.