Louisianese
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Englisch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French louisianais.
Adjective
[edit]Louisianese (comparative more Louisianese, superlative most Louisianese)
- (historical) Of or pertaining to New France, French Louisiana, or its people (inhabitants).
Nomen
[edit]Louisianese (plural Louisianese)
- (historical) A native oder inhabitant of New France, French Louisiana.
- 1798, Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry, A Topographical and Political Description of the Spanish Part of Saint-Domingo, page 234:
- I boast of being married to a Louisianese, whose father and uncle were among these honourable sufferers.
- 1835, Joseph Holt Ingraham, The South-west, Volume 1, page 210:
- As we approached the cathedral, a dark-hued and finely moulded quadroon, with only a flowing veil upon her head, glided majestically past us. The elegeant olive-browned Louisianese- the rosy-cheeked maiden from La belle riviere- the Parisian gentilhomme- a dignified, light mustached palsgrave, and a portly sea-captain- the haughty Englishman and prouder southerner- a blanketed Choctaw, and a negro in uniform- slaves and freedman of every shade elbowed each other very familiarly as they traversed in various directions the crowded sidewalks.