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American

/əˈmɛɹɪkən/

noun 10
adjective 5
forms 3
phrases 1

noun10

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a person from the United States
- Roughly two-thirds of Americans default to the General American accent, with other dialects like Southern, AAVE, and Chicano usually being considered lower prestige outside of entertainment and politics.
Any inhabitant of the Americas.
(historical) A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
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Clipping of American cheese.
- Q: What kinds of cheese do you have? A: We have American, Swiss, cheddar, provolone, or wiz.
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(informal, humorous) The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.
- Donate for Give. Good American, but not good English. — 1909
Ellipsis of American cockroach.
A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.
(old-fashioned, rare) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
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(no longer used) An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.
- The Americans believe that all creatures have souls. — 1711
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(no longer used) An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies.
- In France, when I have announced myself as an American, I have been supposed to belong to one of the French colonies; in Spain, to be from Mexico, or Peru, or some other Spanish-American country. — 1839

adjective5

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Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.
- He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
- Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
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Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.
- This is pure American powder from the foothills of Colombia.
(historical) Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.
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Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.
- All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American. — 2009
(no longer used) Of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.

forms

Americans · more American · most American

Phrases with American

ugly American
An American government representative, tourist, or businessperson who, in dealing with people of other nations, is haughty, rude, meddlesome, chauvinistic, or jingoistic.

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