Used in a Sentence

jamaican

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jamaican.

Editorial note

I read it to mean that Jamaican beaches are often privatised and off-limits to the public.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of jamaican gathered in one view.

noun

A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

noun

The Jamaican creole language.

noun

Jamaican English.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jamaican.

noun

A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

noun

The Jamaican creole language.

noun

Jamaican English.

adjective

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

Example sentences

1

I read it to mean that Jamaican beaches are often privatised and off-limits to the public.

2

The IRS can't touch that money any more than they can touch the money of your Jamaican love-child.

3

Last month it raised enough money to help get the broke Jamaican Bobsled Team (yes, that one) to the Sochi Winter Olympics.

4

In 2008 someone stole 500 truck loads of sand from a Jamaican beach.

5

Because some instruments have elements with wacky harmonics, like bells, metallophones, xylophones, Jamaican steel drums and such.

6

I'd have have to expend similar effort with someone speaking Jamaican Patois or thick Glaswegian English.

7

How do you feel about Jamaican english (which is, in its vernacular, not mutually intelligible with the three I just mentioned)?

8

One of my coworkers was a very smart Jamaican and arguably a better match for the job than me despite my much greater general experience and age.

9

My memory of this day is very fuzzy, but nearby a jamaican-looking guy was blasting reggae music from his phone speakers, and people all around me seemed so busy with their lives.

10

I Was in Montego Bay for about 2 months in the 90s and the only thing that reminded me that I wasn't back in Accra was the Jamaican accent Lol.

11

Kenyan (distance) and Jamaican (sprinters) runners offer a counterpoint here, the world's best are all from tiny regions, in fact, some are from the same family, and most all train together.

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This is from personal experience and from extensive contact with Jamaican service employees working in the US (worked for several months with imported hotel staff from Jamaica when I was younger).

Quote examples

1

As a black man, and a Jamaican, other black people and other Jamaicans don't need "black CEOs" to look up to.

2

It's Jamaica, the beach's "value" is not shared with the greater Jamaican society.

3

> It's Jamaica, the beach's "value" is not shared with the greater Jamaican society.

4

FTA: "The trial judges — an Australian, an Italian, a Jamaican and two Lebanese — are distinguished by the red vests they wear over their gowns, which themselves have red sleeves.

Proper noun examples

1

It is solely owned by Jonathan Bethune, a Jamaican-American software engineer formerly based in New York City.

2

They just need other CEOs who happen to be black, and other successful entrepreneurs that also happen to be Jamaican.

3

Also, if you have data showing Nigerian/Ghanaian/Jamaican immigrants do as well as Asians, or the original source for Amy Chua's data, I'd love to see it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use jamaican in a sentence?

I read it to mean that Jamaican beaches are often privatised and off-limits to the public.

What does jamaican mean?

A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

What part of speech is jamaican?

jamaican is commonly used as noun, adjective.