Cajun

/ˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/noun
Middle School
1

A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.

2

Any uneducated, poor Francophone in French Louisiana.

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