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Definition of Afro-American
1. Noun. An American whose ancestors were born in Africa.
Generic synonyms: American
Derivative terms: African-american
2. Adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry. "Many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American"
Definition of Afro-American
1. Noun. A resident of the United States who is of African heritage. ¹
2. Adjective. Of African American heritage or culture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afro-American
Literary usage of Afro-American
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progress of a Race, Or, The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro by Henry F. Kletzing, William Henry Crogman (1898)
"NOTED PERSONAGES OF THE Afro-American RACE. FORERUNNERS OF LIBERTY. Frederick
Douglass, the most remarkable man of Negro blood yet produced in the United ..."
2. The Voice of the Negro 1919 by Robert Thomas Kerlin (1920)
"... a worshiper of Wilson, do not stop and make faces and talk about misrepresenting
our President, ask yourself the above question.'" 4. The Afro-American ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"The deed as It now appears was to the trustees of tte Afro-American Presbyterian
Church. The transfer of the property and management from Ferguson and ..."
4. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low, Publishers' Circular, Sampson Low, Son and Marston (1900)
"6d Dec. 99 To London Town, Morrison (Arthur) 6s Sep. 99 Tobias (DE)—Freed, but
not Free : Grievances of the Afro-American. Cr. 8vo. pp. ..."
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