Jamaican
/dʒəˈmeɪk(ə)n
/adjective
Relating to Jamaica or its people: lush Jamaican locations a Jamaican cop who refuses to play by the rules...
- Manley, of Jamaican and British heritage, studied and gained artistic success in England.
- Many of today's best-known Jamaican artists, including MacFarland and Kayiga, trained there.
- We don't necessarily market ourselves as Jamaican, although that is sometimes unavoidable and sometimes desirable.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Jamaica, or a person of Jamaican descent: we used to play soccer with the Jamaicans...
- He was one of Garvey's most important contacts when the Jamaican first came to America in 1916.
- McGhie was a Jamaican who came to Canada in the late '60s and recorded this one funky soul reggae disc.
- Curiously, although Jamaicans are the largest group, professional dance is dominated by Trinidadians.
