Home › Words › J › jamericanjamericanjamerican means characteristic of such people or their culture.EtymologyBlend of Jamaican + American.adjCharacteristic of such people or their culturenounAn American of Jamaican birth or ancestryDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jamaican 70% match — A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent. vs jamerican →jewmerican 69% match — Jewish American. vs jamerican →americoon 63% match — A black American person. vs jamerican →afromerican 62% match — Of or pertaining to black Americans. vs jamerican →afrimerican 59% match — African-American vs jamerican →amerasian 59% match — A person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia. vs jamerican →cubamerican 57% match — Cuban-American. vs jamerican →american 56% match — A citizen or national of the United States of America. vs jamerican →