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coonass

/ˈkunæs/

coonass noun: a Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).

Noun

coonass (plural coonasses)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur, sometimes) A Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).
    • Then I took off a-running like a motorcycle / Heard the bullets whining and the sirens wail / It took half the cops in Dallas County / Just to put one coonass boy in jail1971, Charlie Daniels, “Trudy”, in Charlie Daniels
    Synonyms:
    Cajun

Synonyms of coonass

Forms of coonass

pluralcoonasses
alternative formcoon-ass

Origin of coonass

Uncertain. Commonly explained through various dubious or outright disprovable folk etymologies, as discussed in Sexton's article Cajun or Coonass? Exploring Ethnic Labels in French Louisiana Regional Discourse (2009).

Questions about coonass

What does coonass mean?
Coonass means a Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).
What part of speech is coonass?
Coonass is a noun.
How do you pronounce coonass?
Coonass is pronounced /ˈkunæs/.
What is the plural of coonass?
The plural of coonass is coonasses.

Words near coonass in the dictionary

  1. coon-skin hats
  2. Coonabarabran
  3. Coonamble
  4. Coonan
  5. Coonans
  6. coonass
  7. coonasses
  8. cooncan
  9. Coonce
  10. Coonces
  11. coondick

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