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Bahamian, n. and a.
Brit. |bəˈheɪmɪən|, |bəˈhɑːmɪən|, U.S. |bəˈhɑmiən|, |bəˈheɪmiən|
[‹ Baham- (in the name of the Bahamas: see Bahaman adj.) + -ian suffix.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the Bahamas.
1731M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina, Florida, & Bahama Islands II. i., The hungry Bahamians. 1735Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 315 The Pork-Fish. The Bahamians esteem this a good Fish. 1846Southern Lit. Messenger 12 151/1 Some few lay up their money... The Bahamians nearly all belong to this saving class. 1961I. Fleming Thunderball x. 109 All Bahamians know that treasure is there for the finding. 2001Times 22 Oct. ii. 18/6 She was a Bahamian, and..she instilled a sense of personal esteem and self-sufficiency in Kravitz Jr.
B. adj. Of, relating to, or native to the Bahamas.
1846Southern Lit. Messenger 12 151/1 One of the Keys which, on account of its proximity to the wrecking ground, and the abundance of turtle in its neighborhood, had been settled by some Bahamian and Spanish families, was the frequent scene of the frolics. 1954Caribbean Q. 3 iv. 187 The art of story telling as practised by two Bahamian ‘old-story tellers’. 1973Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Feb. 1/1 The Bahamian dollar would be devalued 12.7 per cent, to put it on par with the U.S. dollar. 2003Rolling Stone 3 Apr. 70 The late Bahamian singer-guitarist plays nothing but the good-time blues. |