PidginToEnglish logoPidginToEnglish

    Patwa headword

    Mandingo

    /man-DING-goh/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Strong man"
    Definition
    A large, strong Black man.
    Example
    "Him built like a Mandingo."
    Origin
    African ethnic group.

    As a descriptive term, Mandingo is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.