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Definition of Jamaican

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants. "The Jamaican Prime Minister"

Definition of Jamaican

1. a. Of or pertaining to Jamaica.

Definition of Jamaican

1. Noun. A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent. ¹

2. Noun. The Jamaican creole language. ¹

3. Noun. Jamaican English. ¹

4. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamaican

Literary usage of Jamaican

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin (1899)
"Foraminifera abound in the rocks of the Jamaican sequence from the limestone beds of the lower Blue Mountain. Series * to the present, and living forms ..."

2. The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude (1900)
"... town—A Jamaican planter First sight of the Blue Mountains—Tort Royal—Kingston—The Colonial Secretary—Gordon riots—Changes in the Jamaican constitution. ..."

3. Caribbean Basin Financing Opportunities: Guide to Financing Trade (1992)
"Jamaican Stock Exchange The Jamaican Stock Exchange was incorporated as a limited ... To become listed on the Jamaican Stock Exchange, a firm must be ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"A LITTLE KNOWN Jamaican NATURALIST, DR. ANTHONY ROBINSON. BY TDA COCKERELL. There are, in the library of the Institute of Jamaica, some interesting old ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"He advocated arbitrary measures in the Irish, Canadian, and Jamaican difficulties, but advanced liberal views on certain Irish questions when in opposition. ..."

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