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  • noun Plural form of Canadian.

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Examples

  • During his eight-year tenure, which ended in 2009, he said enrollment of "postgraduate students" - the term Canadians use for those who have earned university degrees-increased at a steady rate, eventually making up 15 percent of the full-time student body and 50 percent of the part-time population.

    Release The Hounds jasonw93 2010

  • A few hours before Rice spoke, Bush held a news conference, during which he called Canadians and other allies in Afghanistan brave souls.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • A few hours before Rice spoke, Bush held a news conference, during which he called Canadians and other allies in Afghanistan brave souls.

    Afstan: Strange stuff from the CBC's person in D.C. 2007

  • The question therefore, of importance to Canadians is to carefully consider what position our present St. Lawrence waterway will occupy in view of the added water facilities provided through American territory.

    Canada and the St. Lawrence Waterway 1910

  • Canadian officials had repeatedly pressed for the negotiations to be called "free trade" discussions, apparently because it is a term Canadians understand, according to a source from a European nation.

    Shopfloor 2008

  • Canadian officials had repeatedly pressed for the negotiations to be called "free trade" discussions, apparently because it is a term Canadians understand, according to a source from a European nation.

    Shopfloor 2008

  • Why is it again Canadians live longer than Americans?

    Specter faces angry crowd at town hall meeting 2009

  • These fun filled, wild Canadians from the converted Greyhound bus hooped and hollered and with laughter and broad smiles we were all bent on adventure and having a blast.

    What happened to the worm, in Mezcal? 2009

  • These fun filled, wild Canadians from the converted Greyhound bus hooped and hollered and with laughter and broad smiles we were all bent on adventure and having a blast.

    What happened to the worm, in Mezcal? 2009

  • Trust me when all this says to Canadians is that the US system is purely a have and have not system that NOBODY here wants.

    Think Progress » Conservatives Use Rich Canadian Politician’s Trip To Deny High Quality Care For Millions Of Americans 2010

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