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English
Etymology
From corruption of the French surnames Radisson and Groseilliers.
Proper noun
Radishes and Gooseberries
- (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.