brown man

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

brown (“fair”) +‎ man

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔʊ̯n ˈman/
• Hyphenation: brown‧man

Noun

brown man (plural brown man dem, quantified brown man)

1. a lightskin male (of colour).

   Shi seh a brown man shi want. Mi tell her seh di darka di berry, di sweeta di juice.

   She told me she wanted a light-skinned guy. I told her the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.

   • 2018, Carolyn Cooper, “Black man + brown woman = perfect match?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1] (in English):

     “There was one striking exception of a brown man breaking out of stereotype. He was either loading or unloading a washing machine or dryer with his right hand; and holding a baby quite precariously in his left hand. […] ”

     […]

Related terms

• brown (“lightskin”)
• brown gyal, browning (“lightskin female (of colour)”)