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Radishes and Gooseberries

Radishes and Gooseberries proper noun: the 17th-century pair of French-Canadian explorers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers working for the Hudson's Bay Company of English Royal Charter.

Proper noun

Radishes and Gooseberries

  1. (informal) The 17th-century pair of French-Canadian explorers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers working for the Hudson's Bay Company of English Royal Charter

Forms of Radishes and Gooseberries

alternative formRadish and Gooseberry
alternative formRadish and Gooseberries
alternative formRadishes and Gooseberry

Origin of Radishes and Gooseberries

From corruption of the French surnames Radisson and Groseilliers.

Questions about Radishes and Gooseberries

What does Radishes and Gooseberries mean?
Radishes and Gooseberries means the 17th-century pair of French-Canadian explorers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers working for the Hudson's Bay Company of English Royal Charter.
What part of speech is Radishes and Gooseberries?
Radishes and Gooseberries is a proper noun.

Words near Radishes and Gooseberries in the dictionary

  1. Radish and Gooseberry
  2. radish cake
  3. radish cakes
  4. radish ripper
  5. radishes
  6. Radishes and Gooseberries
  7. Radishes and Gooseberry
  8. radishlike
  9. radishy
  10. Radisson
  11. Radithor

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