African American

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African American (comparative more African American, superlative most African American)

  1. Alternative spelling of African-American

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African American (plural African Americans)

  1. Alternative spelling of African-American
    • 2021-2022 Winter, “A Descendant of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings”, in SAR Magazine, volume 116, number 3, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, columns 1, 2:
      She is also a descendant of our nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson, and his enslaved mistress, Sally Hemings.[...]
      She holds the profound honor of being the first African American employed at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.[...]
      Hemings (1773-1835) is one of the most famous—and least known—African American women in U.S. history.

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