WEST INDIES
NOUNS – PERSON
► BELONGER a person of African descent living in the West Indies → 1999 sl.
► BIMI ► BIMMY a West Indian Black person → 1976 US sl.
► CACIQUE a native chief or ‘prince’ among the aborigines in the West Indies and adjacent parts of America → 1555
► CACIQUESSE a woman of the West Indies → 1760 obs.
► FRESHWATER a West Indian who visits America and comes back with a US accent → 20C W. Indies & Trinidad
► MONK a Black immigrant from the West Indies → 1924 Amer. sl., contemptuous usage
► MONKEY a West Indian → 1992 African-American sl.
► MONKEY CHASER a Black person from the Caribbean or other tropical region; a West Indian → 1925 US sl., offensive
► MONKEY MAN a West Indian immigrant → 1959 African-American sl.
► WINDIES people from the West Indies → Bk1988 Aust. sl.
► YAM a West Indian → 1973 African-American sl.
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