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Canuck n
  1. (Canada, US, informal, sometimes derogatory) A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.
    1. (ice hockey) A member of the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.
    2. (skiing) Chiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team.
  2. (rare) A thing from Canada.
    1. (aviation, military, historical) The Avro Canada CF-100 fighter-interceptor aircraft, in use between 1952 and 1981.
    2. (US, obsolete) A Canadian horse or pony.

Canuck proper n

  1. (historical, rare) Synonym of Canadian French (“the French language as spoken by Francophones in Canada”).
  2. (slang) Synonym of Canadian English (“the variety of the English language used in Canada”).

Canuck adj

  1. (originally informal, sometimes derogatory) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people; Canadian.
  2. (ice hockey) Of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.

Today is Canada Day or Fête du Canada, the national day of Canada which celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation on this day in 1867.

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