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nayga
A negro - a person with African ancestry. Most Caribbean people of African descent can trace their heritage to slaves brought by the British, French, and Spanish.
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norman manley
Norman Washington Manley MM QC National Hero of Jamaica (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969), was a Jamaican statesman. A Rhodes Scholar, Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the 1920s. With his cousin, Alexander Bustamante, Manley was an advocate of the universal suffrage that was granted the colony in 1944.
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obeah man
A practitioner of obeah or black arts.
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obeah woman
A practitioner of obeah or black arts.
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paul bogle
Paul Bogle (ca. 1820 – 1865) was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Protests, which agitated for justice and fair treatment for all in Jamaica. Leading the Morant Bay rebellion, he was captured and hanged on 24 October 1865 in the Morant Bay Court House by the United Kingdom authorities.
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picknie
Child or children
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pickny
Child or children
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prekeh
One who is naive, easily taken advantage of, or easily defeated.
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pupa
Father
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putus
Sweetheart
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ras
Rastafarian. A practitioner of Rastafarianism, a religious sect whose members are usually identifiable by their dreadlocked hair.
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royal
Person of mixed African and East Indian ancestry
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sam sharpe
Samuel 'Sam' Sharpe, or Sharp, National Hero of Jamaica (1801, Jamaica - 23 May 1832, Jamaica) was the slave leader behind the Jamaican Baptist War slave rebellion. Samuel Sharpe was born in the parish of St. James. Although Samuel Sharpe was a slave most of his life, he was allowed to become well-educated. Because of his education he was respected by other slaves, and he was a well known preacher and leader. Sharpe was a Deacon at the Burchell Baptist Church in Montego Bay, whose pastor was Rev Thomas Burchell. Sam Sharpe spent most of his time travelling to different parishes in Jamaica educating the slaves about Christianity and freedom.
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samfi
A trickster; A con man. One who is untrustworthy and unreliable.
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service man
A practitioner of obeah or black arts.
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sketel
A promiscuous woman.
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skets
A promiscuous woman.
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smaddy
Somebody
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tata
Paternal grandmother; i.e father's mother.
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tegreg
A confrontational woman; A woman who loves to quarrel and fight.
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ting
A girl or woman
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tucuma
A common character in Ananci stories
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virago
A confrontational woman; A woman who loves to quarrel and fight.
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warboat
A confrontational woman; A woman who loves to quarrel and fight.
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washbelly
The last child for a woman.
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weedhead
One who is addicted to marijuana.
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worlian
A non-Christian. One who is 'of-the-world' and rejects religion - particularly one who rejects Christianity.
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yardie
A Jamaican. A native of the island nation of Jamaica.
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yardy
A Jamaican. A native of the island nation of Jamaica.
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yellowman
An albino. A person with a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes.
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