Americano

See also: americano

English

Noun

Americano (countable and uncountable, plural Americanos)

1. (countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of americano.
   • 2005, Victoria Perrett, Survive Divorce: Your Route Through the Financial and Emotional Maze, The Infinite Ideas Company Limited, →ISBN, page 19:

     Obviously, it will take a while to develop a circle of mates as good as the ones in Friends, especially as you’re going through a big change in your life, so be patient. And even if you find yourself sitting on your mum’s sofa eating Rich Tea biscuits for the third time this week instead of drinking Americano at Central Perk, don’t panic!

2. (countable, imitating non-native speakers or in their context) An American.
   • 1897 January 23, Punch, page 40:

     I hear that your people love the Americanos, so much even that they always yield to them, and would almost kiss their boots, which is not dignified for a great nation. Do the Americanos love your people? Have they not still in their pockets the surplus of the millions of pesetas given to them when they complained of the ship Alabama?

   • 1916, P[ercival] C[hristopher] Wren, The Wages Of Virtue, published 1949, page 112:

     “Soyez le bien venu, Monsieur Jean Boule et Monsieur Bronco. Che cosa posso offrirvi?” and, as they seated themselves at a small round table near the bar, hastened to bring the wine favoured by these favoured customers—the so gentle English Signor, gentilhomme, (doubtless once a milord, a nobile), and the so gentle, foolish Americano, so slow and strong, who looked at her with eyes of love, kind eyes, with a good true love.

   • 1939, Peter Cheyney, Don’t Get Me Wrong, published 1943, page 11:

     “It is a great pleasure to hear a Spanish song sung with such feeling by an Americano.” “An’ how did you know I was an Americano,” I crack at him, in English.

   • 1991, Allan David Heskin, The Struggle for Community, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 54:

     When the election started, the Americanos did try and raise a technical objection to the candidacy of the Latina in question, but this was quickly dismissed before it became an issue.

   • 2003, William Penn, The Panama Conspiracy, iUniverse, →ISBN:

     “[…] Our Chinese comrades are planning an all-out invasion of Taiwan.” “The Americanos will never permit that to happen,” objected Castro.

   • 2008, Elmer Kelton, Many a River, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN, page 170:

     “What’s your name?” Todd asked in Spanish. He might need to know to convince the grandfather that he spoke the truth. There was always distrust among these people when an Americano spoke.