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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun american has 3 senses
- american(n = noun.person) Array - a native or inhabitant of the United States; Array is a member of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
- american(n = noun.communication) american english, american language - the English language as used in the United States; Array is a kind of english, english language
- american(n = noun.person) Array - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country; Array is a member of north america, central america, south america
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
has particulars: african-american, african american, afro-american, black american, asian american, creole, anglo-american, alabaman, alabamian, alaskan, arizonan, arizonian, arkansan, arkansawyer, bay stater, bostonian, californian, carolinian, coloradan, connecticuter, delawarean, delawarian, floridian, franco-american, german american, georgian, hawaiian, idahoan, illinoisan, hoosier, indianan, iowan, kansan, bluegrass stater, kentuckian, louisianan, louisianian, down easter, mainer, marylander, michigander, wolverine, gopher, minnesotan, mississippian, missourian, montanan, cornhusker, nebraskan, nevadan, granite stater, new hampshirite, garden stater, new jerseyan, new jerseyite, new mexican, new yorker, north carolinian, tarheel, north dakotan, buckeye, ohioan, oklahoman, sooner, beaver, oregonian, keystone stater, pennsylvanian, rhode islander, south carolinian, south dakotan, tennessean, volunteer, texan, utahan, vermonter, virginian, washingtonian, washingtonian, west virginian, badger, wisconsinite, wyomingite, puerto rican, yank, yankee, yankee-doodle, appalachian, new englander, yankee, nisei, southerner, hispanic, hispanic american, spanish american, tory, northerner, yank, yankee
Derived forms adjective american1, verb americanize1
has particulars: aave, african american english, african american vernacular english, black english, black english vernacular, black vernacular, black vernacular english, ebonics
Derived form adjective american1
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
has particulars: creole, latin american, latino, north american, south american, mesoamerican, west indian
Adjective american has 2 senses
- american(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" Derived forms noun america1, noun american2, noun american1, verb americanize2, verb americanize1
- american(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" Derived form noun america2
CIDE DICTIONARY
american, a. [Named from Americus Vespucius .].
- Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to the United States. Lyell. [1913 Webster]
american, 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. [1913 Webster]
"The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
american, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of, relating to, or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants.
2 (usu. in comb.) of or relating to the continents of America (Latin-American).
--n.
1 a native or citizen of the United States.
2 (usu. in comb.) a native or inhabitant of the continents of America (North Americans).
3 the English language as it is used in the United States.
--adj.
1 of, relating to, or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants.
2 (usu. in comb.) of or relating to the continents of America (Latin-American).
--n.
1 a native or citizen of the United States.
2 (usu. in comb.) a native or inhabitant of the continents of America (North Americans).
3 the English language as it is used in the United States.
Idiom
American dream the traditional ideals of the American people, such as equality, democracy, and material prosperity. American football a kind of football played with an oval ball, evolved from Rugby football. American Indian see INDIAN.
Etymology
mod.L Americanus f. America f. Latinized name of Amerigo Vespucci, It. navigator d. 1512
ROGET THESAURUS
american
Inhabitant
N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by, inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.
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