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franglophone noun. A person with a French surname but for whom English is their first language.

Example Citation:
"At risk of disappearing from the Quebec triangle, whose sides intersect at Montreal, Quebec City and Lac St. Jean, dwells a separate and distinct people, the franglophones."
—F. X. Charet, "Quebec franglophones: a distinct and separate people," The Globe and Mail

Subject Category:
Language - General

Posted on December 16, 1997 at 9:17 AM


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