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Badian, n.2 and a.|ˈbeɪdɪən| Also colloq. Bajan, Bajun. [shortened from Barbadian.] = Barbadian a. and n.
1910in W. B. Whall Ships, Sea Songs & Shanties 83 Sally she a 'Badian bright mulatto; Seven long year I courted Sally. 1921Public Opinion 30 Sept. 325/2 On the day of Gen. Baden-Powell's arrival all the Badian boatmen struck work. Ibid., The Badians have an inordinate opinion of themselves and of their island. 1958B. Hamilton Too much of Water ii. 37 ‘I'm going to show you what a real good Bajan rum cocktail is like.’ ‘What's Bajan?’..‘B'badian.’ Ibid. 38 Did you ever hear of the Bajan who told an Englishman Bados was famous for three things? |