About The Word American
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What's The Definition Of American?
[n] the English language as used in the United States
[n] a native or inhabitant of America [n] [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" [adj] of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" Synonyms | Synonyms for American: American English | American language Related Terms | Find terms related to American: See Also | African-American | Afro-American | Alabaman | Alabamian | Alaskan | America | Anglo-American | Arizonan | Arizonian | Arkansan | Arkansawyer | Bay Stater | Black English | Black English Vernacular | Bostonian | Buckeye | Californian | Carolinian | Coloradan | Connecticuter | Cornhusker | Creole | Delawarean | Delawarian | denizen | Down Easter | dweller | Ebonics | English | English language | Floridian | Franco-American | Georgian | German American | Hawaiian | Hoosier | Idahoan | Illinoisan | Indianan | indigen | indigene | inhabitant | Iowan | Kansan | Kentuckian | Louisianan | Louisianian | Mainer | Michigander | Minnesotan | Mississippian | Missourian | Montanan | native | Nebraskan | Nevadan | New Hampshirite | New Yorker | North American | North Carolinian | North Dakotan | Ohioan | Oregonian | Pennsylvanian | Rhode Islander | South American | South Carolinian | South Dakotan | Tennessean | Texan | U.S. | U.S.A. | United States | United States of America | US | USA | Utahan | Vermonter | Virginian | Washingtonian | West Indian | West Virginian | Wisconsinite | Wolverine American In Webster's Dictionary \A*mer"i*can\, a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.]
1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent:
American Indians.
2. Of or pertaining to the United States. ``A young officer
of the American navy.'' --Lyell.
{American ivy}. See {Virginia creeper}.
{American Party} (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which
opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those
supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.
{Native american Party} (U. S. Politics), a party of
principles similar to those of the American party. It
arose about 1843, but soon died out.
\A*mer"i*can\, n. A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. --Washington. |
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