HAITIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haitian mean? 

• HAITIAN (noun)
  The noun HAITIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Haiti

  Familiarity information: HAITIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• HAITIAN (adjective)
  The adjective HAITIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people

  Familiarity information: HAITIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAITIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Haiti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Haitian" is a kind of...):

West Indian (a native or inhabitant of the West Indies)

Holonyms ("Haitian" is a member of...):

Haiti; Republic of Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)

Derivation:

Haitian (of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people)

• HAITIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Haitian shantytowns

Pertainym:

Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)

Derivation:

Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)

Haitian (a native or inhabitant of Haiti)