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- adjective Archaic spelling of
Haitian . - noun Archaic spelling of
Haitian .
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Examples
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The Spanish borrowed canoe from Arawak (ultimately, from Carib; in older books the lending language was called Haytian, Haitian, Hispaniola, or St. Domingo), and from Spanish it spread elsewhere.
OUPblog 2009
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He exploits his wealth, smooth manners, and sometimes intimidating aspect to secure an engagement with the protagonist's true love, a Southern lady whose "Haytian" servant is secretly a voodoo priestess with some impressive supernatural talents of her own.
Archive 2006-10-15 2006
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He exploits his wealth, smooth manners, and sometimes intimidating aspect to secure an engagement with the protagonist's true love, a Southern lady whose "Haytian" servant is secretly a voodoo priestess with some impressive supernatural talents of her own.
THE WOLF IN THE GARDEN by Alfred H. Bill (Centaur 1972) 2006
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United States, was sentenced to imprisonment, and, under the operation of a Haytian statute, was denied relief secured to a native Haytian.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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The boatswain and several seamen were killed by the Haytian fire.
A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle Edwin George Rundle
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West Indian Blacks, were we ever to become constitutionally dominant in our native islands, would emulate in savagery our Haytian fellow -
West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
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Finally, it had been explained to us that the remembrance of this abnormal treason had been underlying and perniciously influencing the whole course of Haytian national history.
West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
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Haytian Government, which, however, while still professing to maintain the ground taken against Mr. Van Bokkelen's right, terminated the controversy by setting him at liberty without explanation.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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[420] Bird, "The Black Man or Haytian Independence (1869)," p. 60.
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He had on the one hand to avoid suggesting that the Roman Church was insufficient -- that denunciation he intended to arrive at when he had gained firmer ground with the people -- and on the other to refrain from hinting that Haytian civilization stood in crying need of uplift.
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