meaning of canaanite
1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.
2. A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
3. A zealot.
4. the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest