Bajan
- a native of Barbados
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- of or relating to Barbados or its inhabitants
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Word Origin
C20: variant of Badian, a shortened form of Barbadian
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Examples from the Web for bajan
Contemporary Examples
Then the actress dropped to a real low by by accusing the Bajan singer of trying to be “white.”
Historical Examples
Tough old Bajan is dead now, we regret to say; but dead in a way befitting.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
The 'Bajan withdrew and went forward to consult with his fellows.
The master takes him to the Rector to be admitted, and then asks him, "Where do you intend to have your 'deposition' as a bajan?"
Life in the Medieval UniversityRobert S. Rait, M.A.
No one, either senior or freshman, is to apply the term "Domine" to a bajan, and no freshman is to call a senior man a bajan.
Life in the Medieval UniversityRobert S. Rait, M.A.
Bartoldus then (p. 118) guesses that it is a bajan, a creature which Camillus has never seen, but of whose ferocity he has heard.
Life in the Medieval UniversityRobert S. Rait, M.A.