"don" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdan/ Forms: don dem [plural], don [quantified]
Etymology: From English don, particularly in the sense of a crime boss. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|don}} English don Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=don}} don, {{jam-noun}} don (plural don dem, quantified don)
  1. don, leader, community leader, crime boss, head of a garrison (leader) Derived forms: don dada
    Sense id: en-don-jam-noun-ka69k5D3 Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for don meaning in Jamaican Creole (1.5kB)

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      "expansion": "English don",
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  "etymology_text": "From English don, particularly in the sense of a crime boss.",
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Have they forgotten that I'm the one true leader?",
          "text": "Dem figet seh mi a di one don?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "As soon as word got around that he wanted to become the community leader, a lot of people took notice of him and warned him to be careful.",
          "text": "From di word start go roun' seh him want turn di don, a whole heap a man start pree him and warn him fi be careful.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈdan/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Jamaican Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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