American

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

  • America +‎ -an, or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.

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[edit] Noun

American (plural Americans)

  1. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
    Every American's origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Asia and a migration to the New World over frozen Bering Strait turns out to be correct.
  2. A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
    She went from Mexico to the USA before she gave birth, so her child would be an American.

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inhabitant of the Americas
person born in or citizen of the USA

[edit] Proper noun

American

  1. The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
    • 1942, We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in American. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)

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American English

[edit] Adjective

American (comparative more American, superlative most American)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
    Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
    He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."

[edit] Usage note

Sometimes (usually outside of the USA) used pejoratively (see also anti-Americanism).

[edit] Translations

of or pertaining to the Americas
of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture
of or pertaining to American (the language), American English
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terms derived from American

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