variants
or less commonly Cajan
: a Louisianian descended from French-speaking immigrants from Acadia
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cajuns
2
: of, relating to, or prepared in a style of cooking originating among the Cajuns and characterized by the use of hot seasonings (such as cayenne pepper)
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Authentic Cajun spices like paprika and cayenne pepper join honey in their Cajun honey glazed ham.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
That Cajun pasta with the chicken, sausage and the shrimp.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Miles of strip malls offer thrilling meals from all over the world: taco shops; dim-sum palaces; Indian and Pakistani banquet halls; Vietnamese restaurants that specialize in banh mi, or pho, or borrow Cajun traditions like crawfish boils.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The following year, Jep opened a food truck, Jep's Southern Roots, that served Southern and Cajun fare.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Authentic Cajun spices like paprika and cayenne pepper join honey in their Cajun honey glazed ham.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
That Cajun pasta with the chicken, sausage and the shrimp.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Miles of strip malls offer thrilling meals from all over the world: taco shops; dim-sum palaces; Indian and Pakistani banquet halls; Vietnamese restaurants that specialize in banh mi, or pho, or borrow Cajun traditions like crawfish boils.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Cajun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cajun. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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Cajun
1 of 2 noun
Ca·jun
ˈkā-jən 
: a Louisianian whose ancestors were French-speaking immigrants from Acadia, Canada
Cajun
2 of 2 adjective1
: of or relating to the Cajuns
2
: prepared in a cooking style originating with the Cajuns and marked by the use of hot seasonings (as cayenne pepper)
Etymology
Noun
from an altered form of Acadian
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