Americanless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

American +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

Americanless (not comparable)

  1. without Americans.
    • 1914, Irwin Leslie Gordon, Who was who 5000 B.C. to date: biographical dictionary of the famous and those who wanted to be, page 102:
      Ambition: An Americanless England. Also, sales. Address: Watch bill-boards.
    • 1968, Fielding's Travel Guide to Europe, page 584:
      Winter clientele is 70% French, heavily Italian and Belgian, and nearly Americanless.
    • 1980, U.S. News & World Report, page 21:
      When sports director Jim Mueller of WJKW, Cleveland, asked how people felt about the start of an Americanless Olympiad, half didn't know it was under way.