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Definition of American
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Denizen, Dweller, Habitant, Indweller, Inhabitant
Specialized synonyms: African American, African-american, Afro-american, Black American, Asian American, Creole, Anglo-american, Alabaman, Alabamian, Alaskan, Arizonan, Arizonian, Arkansan, Arkansawyer, Bay Stater, Bostonian, Californian, Carolinian, Coloradan, Connecticuter, Delawarean, Delawarian, Floridian, Franco-american, German American, Georgian, Hawaiian, Idahoan, Illinoisan, Hoosier, Indianan, Iowan, Kansan, Bluegrass Stater, Kentuckian, Louisianan, Louisianian, Down Easter, Mainer, Marylander, Michigander, Wolverine, Gopher, Minnesotan, Mississippian, Missourian, Montanan, Cornhusker, Nebraskan, Nevadan, Granite Stater, New Hampshirite, Garden Stater, New Jerseyan, New Jerseyite, New Mexican, New Yorker, North Carolinian, Tarheel, North Dakotan, Buckeye, Ohioan, Oklahoman, Sooner, Beaver, Oregonian, Keystone Stater, Pennsylvanian, Rhode Islander, South Carolinian, South Dakotan, Tennessean, Volunteer, Texan, Utahan, Vermonter, Virginian, Washingtonian, Washingtonian, West Virginian, Badger, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite, Puerto Rican, Yank, Yankee, Yankee-doodle, Appalachian, New Englander, Yankee, Nisei, Southerner, Hispanic, Hispanic American, Spanish American, Tory, Northerner, Yank, Yankee
Derivative terms: Americanize
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture. "The American dream"
3. Noun. The English language as used in the United States.
Generic synonyms: English, English Language
Specialized synonyms: Aave, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics
4. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas. "American flora and fauna"
5. Noun. A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country.
Generic synonyms: Denizen, Dweller, Habitant, Indweller, Inhabitant
Specialized synonyms: Creole, Latin American, Latino, North American, South American, Mesoamerican, West Indian
Definition of American
1. a. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
2. n. A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
Definition of American
1. Noun. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either ''North American'', ''Central American'' or ''South American.'' ¹
2. Noun. A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America. ¹
3. Proper noun. The English language as spoken in the USA; American English. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American." ¹
5. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of American
Literary usage of American
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of America by Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins (1906)
"On April 2, 1840, eighteen American savants met in Philadelphia and organized
themselves into "The American Society of Geologists. ..."
2. Latin America and the United States: Addresses by Elihu Root (1917)
"Indeed, he was so deeply interested in the conference of the American ...
The American republics welcomed this decision as soon as it was made known and ..."
3. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"The Spirit of American Literature has been reissued in an inexpensive edition by
Boni and Liveright. It is a book well worth owning. ..."
4. National Ideals and Problems: Essays for College English by Maurice Garland Fulton (1918)
"His interesting analysis of American character which is here reprinted shows the
scientific attitude which is not content with the actual facts, ..."
5. The Policy of the United States as Regards Intervention by Charles Emanuel Martin (1921)
"CHAPTER I THK ORIGIN AND ADOPTION OF THE American POLICY OF NON-INTERVENTION THE
attempt to find in Ancient and European systems the sources and inspiration ..."
6. Americans in Eastern Asia: A Critical Study of the Policy of the United by Tyler Dennett (1922)
"They were all more or less related to each other and interdependent and, in turn,
were all so much a part of the South American, West Indian and European ..."
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