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Definition of Haitian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people. "Haitian shantytowns"
2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Haiti.
Definition of Haitian
1. a. & n. See Haytian.
Definition of Haitian
1. Noun. A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent. ¹
2. Proper noun. Haitian Creole, one of the official language of Haiti. ¹
3. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, the Haitian people or the Haitian language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haitian
Literary usage of Haitian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"Two aspects of the US government's policy toward Haitian refugees have been ...
Background The Haitian Interdiction Operation was created by President ..."
2. Inquiry Into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and Santo Domingo by United States Congress. Senate. Select committee on Haiti and Santo Domingo. [from old catalog] (1921)
"The Haitian people is entitled to reparations for the wrongs and injuries committed
against it. Reparations are due for the buman lives that have heen taken ..."
3. Haiti, Her History and Her Detractors by Jacques Nicolas Léger (1907)
"... 1822)—The Haitian flag floats over the whole island —Hostility of the Great
Powers toward Haiti: the United States and Great Britain recognize the ..."
4. Roaming Through the West Indies by Harry Alverson Franck (1920)
"CHAPTER VII HITHER AND YON IN THE Haitian BUSH OF many journeys about Haiti,
usually by automobile and in the company of gendarme officers, the first was to ..."
5. Notes on Haiti: Made During a Residence in that Republic by Charles Mackenzie (1830)
"From Poteau there are two roads to Cape Haitian, or, as it is commonly called,
the Cape, I suppose in contradistinction VOL. ..."
6. Information Annual (1916)
"American bluejackets and marines had an engagement with Haitian forces which ...
August The Haitian situation came to its climax at the end of August when ..."
7. Mexico and the Caribbean by George Hubbard Blakeslee (1920)
"The Haitian treaty The Haitian congress having elected a new president of Haiti,
... The Haitian treaty was accordingly approved by the American senate ..."
8. Abyssinia of To-day: An Account of the First Mission Sent by the American by Robert Peet Skinner (1906)
"... CHAPTER XIH The market—Jewellery—Abyssinian art and architecture—The national
costume—A Haitian at the Court of Menelik— Ethnology. ..."
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