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Martiniquan, a. and n.|mɑːtɪˈniːkən|
Also Martinican, Martiniquian, Martiniquien.
[f. Martinique (see below) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Martinique, an island of the West Indies.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Martinique. So Martiniquais a. and n. [Fr.].
1890L. Hearn Two Yrs. French W. Indies 358 In Louisiana an almost similar dish is called jimbalaya: chicken cooked with rice. The Martiniquais think it..a delicacy. 1891W. F. Hutchinson Under Southern Cross vi. 58 The Cuban becomes twice a Spaniard, a Barbadian three times an Englishman, and a Martiniquien four times a Frenchman. Ibid. 69 (caption) A fair Martiniquienne. 1907A. E. Aspinall Pocket Guide W. Indies xiv. 255 St. Pierre..was for all the world like a small French provincial city, with its cabarets and cafés, at the tables of which the Martinicans passed their leisure hours. 1926A. Bell Spell of Caribbean Islands xvi. 256 The outstanding features of Martinican life. 1942N. Smith Black Martinique (1943) iii. 26 A wild-eyed youth.., brown-skinned, a true Martiniquais, came bursting toward us through the crowd. 1953Caribbean Q. III. i. 28 Trinidadian patois has more faithfully retained truly Creole words which the Martiniquan has lost. Ibid. 29 The Martiniquan humour of M. Gratiant. 1955Ibid. IV. i. 13 Another example of this poem of solidarity with Africans is the Martiniquais Paul Niger's Je n'aime pas l'Afrique. 1964Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 Oct. 75/1 Lafcadio Hearn..wrote so poignantly of the ‘little’ Martiniquans. 1967D. Lowenthal in R. D. Abrahams Positively Black (1970) iii. 75 A black or colored man from Jamaica or Martinique is simply a Jamaican or Martiniquian. 1970J. Brown Un-melting Pot vii. 99 ‘Peau noir, masque blanc.’ The old Martiniquan saying sums up as well as any the central predicament of West Indian man. 1972F. Ward Golden Islands Caribbean ii. 47 (caption) The Creole costume remained in vogue with Martinican women. Ibid. 48 A Martinican is unequivocably [sic] and irrevocably a Frenchman. 1973Nation (Barbados) 23 Dec. 32/4 The Barbadians..will be allowed to fish freely in Martiniquan waters. Ibid. 32/5 Martiniquans do not eat flying fish. 1975New Yorker 31 Mar. 54/3 We're all here by accident, and a Haitian and a black American could just as easily have been a Martinican or a Jamaican. |