Grenadian, a. and n.
(grɪˈneɪdɪən)
Also Grenadan.
[f. Grenada, an island in the W. Indies + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Grenada. B. n. An inhabitant of Grenada.
| 1923 A. E. Aspinall Pocket Guide to West Indies (ed. 4) vi. 142 Grenadians..have been acquiring land. 1950 Caribbean Q. II. ii. 21 He is the product of urbanization, and, be he Grenadian, or Hindu or Trinidad creole, he has rapidly taken on characteristics of his own. 1962 Listener 5 July 9/2 The Grenadans have also a French tradition of desperate political remedies. 1967 V. S. Naipaul Mimic Men i. v. 82 We had a Grenadian woman cleaner. 1969 G. Sims Sand Dollar iv. 55 Pleasure before business. That's a good old Grenadian motto. 1969 ‘I. Drummond’ Man with Tiny Head x. 124 Some Grenadans tried talking to her in French, but she could not understand their debased slaves' argot, nor they her Parisian. |