Radishes and Gooseberries

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From corruption of the French surnames Radisson and Groseilliers.

Proper noun

Radishes and Gooseberries

  1. (history, 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

Usage notes

  • This nickname was used by the contemporary English of the Hudson's Bay Company and the contemporary British colonial Americans, and is found in use in English-language Canadian history classes.
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