Radishes and Gooseberries

English

Alternative forms

• Radish and Gooseberry, Radish and Gooseberries, Radishes and Gooseberry

Etymology

From corruption of the French surnames Radisson and Groseilliers

Proper noun

Radishes and Gooseberries

1. (history, informal) The 17th-century pair of French-Canadian explorers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers working for the Hudson's Bay Company of English Royal Charter

Usage notes

• This nickname was used by the contemporary English of the Hudson's Bay Company and the contemporary British colonial Americans, and is found in use in English-language Canadian history classes.

Related terms

• gooseberry
• radish