Haitian
Americanadjective
noun
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a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Haiti
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the creolized French spoken in Haiti
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He became a self-proclaimed "bookworm", reading Albert Camus, Toni Morrison, and Romain Gary, as well as fellow Haitian writers such as Jacques Roumain and James Noel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Those schools need not be identical: One might emphasize science, another the arts, classical education, technical training or Haitian Creole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Orélien was born in 1988 in the northern Haitian city of Gonaives.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The effect on Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian community has been devastating.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
I think he expected me to agree wholeheartedly about the suffering of the Haitian poor and the injustices of the world, but I couldn’t always summon the same anger he felt.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Since their status ended in July, many Haitians have been outfitted with ankle monitors and some have already been sent back to the politically unstable country plagued by gang violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Jewish Community Services has been writing to elected officials to advocate for proposed Senate Bill 4814, which would match a bipartisan bill already passed in the House to extend TPS for Haitians.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Many Haitians work in these parts of the economy, which have also been responsible for adding most of the new jobs in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Temporary Protected Status ended for about 350,000 Haitians at the end of July, which could dent the employment figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Do you see how Haitians wave? Don’t you love it? You dig?”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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