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Definition of Bajan
1. Noun. (context demonym) a shortened w:Corruption (linguistics) corrupted form of Bar-Bajan, which itself is a w:Phonetics phonetically spelled form of Barbadian. ¹
2. Proper noun. a Creole language spoken on the island of Barbados ¹
3. Adjective. Barbadian ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bajan
1. a freshman [n -S] - See also: freshman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bajan
| baitfishes baith baiting baitings baitless baits baitware baiza baizas baize | baized baizes baizing bajada bajadas bajan bajans bajillion bajillions bajocco | bajoccos bajra bajras bajree bajrees bajri bajris baju bajus bakable |
Literary usage of Bajan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barbados by Lynne Sullivan (2000)
"Bajan Music Calypso was started by slaves in Trinidad in the 18th century as a way
... Bajan-born forms of calypso include ring bang (a local form of tuk>, ..."
2. The Story of Hungary by Ármin Vámbéry, Louis Heilprin (1886)
"Bajan was the first and most dreaded prince of the Avars. During his reign of
thirty-two years the Byzantine emperor was compelled to conciliate the warlike ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... the lower, one of the Asiatic paludi» trom Bajan, for comparison. On comparing
these figures with those in Mr. Burrow's paper in the Traits. ..."
4. College Carols by John Malcolm Bulloch (1894)
"BACCHUS AND THE Bajan In the " good old days "— In the good old phrase Of those
who lament the past— When the knight, we're told, Was so brave and bold, ..."
5. Officers of the Marischal College & University of Aberdeen, 1593-1860 by Peter John Anderson (1897)
"Bajan, 1666. 1674. John Farquhar. Given by Kennedy under year 1669, ... Taught Bajan
class, 1680-81. Promoted from a regency to be Minister of ..."
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