Radishes and Gooseberries
English
Alternative forms
- Radish and Gooseberry, Radish and Gooseberries, Radishes and Gooseberry
Etymology
From corruption of the French surnames Radisson and Groseilliers
Proper noun
Radishes and Gooseberries
- (historical, 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.
Related terms
- gooseberry
- radish