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Definition of American Indian
1. Noun. A member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived.
Generic synonyms: Amerindian, Native American
Specialized synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Anasazi, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Maya, Mayan, Nahuatl, Olmec, Zapotec, Zapotecan, Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian, Chickasaw, Coeur D'alene, Creek, Haida, Hoka, Hokan, Iroquois, Muskhogean, Muskogean, Penutian, Pueblo, Injun, Red Man, Redskin, Salish, Shoshone, Shoshoni, Taracahitian, Tlingit, Wakashan, Aleut, Aleutian, Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit, Paleo-american, Paleo-amerind, Paleo-indian, Sannup, Squaw
Group relationships: Amerindian Race, Indian Race
Language type: Derogation
2. Noun. Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians.
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue
Specialized synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian Language, Algonquin, Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan Language, Muskhogean, Muskhogean Language, Muskogean, Muskogean Language, Na-dene, Mosan, Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan Language, Iroquoian, Iroquoian Language, Iroquois, Kechua, Kechuan, Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan Language, Maracan Language, Maraco, Tupi-guarani, Tupi-guarani Language, Arawak, Arawakan, Carib, Caribbean Language, Uto-aztecan, Uto-aztecan Language, Maya, Mayan, Mayan Language, Siouan, Siouan Language, Tanoan, Tanoan Language, Hoka, Hokan, Penutian
Derivative terms: Amerind
Definition of American Indian
1. Noun. A member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas, especially the United States, but excluding the Inuit, Yupik, and Aleuts. ¹
2. Noun. (Canada) An indigenous person from the United States. ¹
3. Adjective. Relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas or their languages. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Indian
Literary usage of American Indian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"Prevalence of Drug Use Among Youth American Indians Since 1975 an ongoing survey
of American Indian 7th-12th graders enrolled in Indian reservation schools ..."
2. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide, in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned, American Library Association (1902)
"Culture status of the American Indian at the period of his discovery. (American
archaeologist [Columbus, O.], v. 2, pt. 2, Feb., 1898. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1913)
"WISDOM OF THE NORTH American Indian IN SPEECH AND LEGEND. BY ALEXANDER FRANCIS
CHAMBERLAIN The cardinal doctrine of anthropology today,—the essential unity ..."
4. American Prose (1607-1865) by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1898)
"THE American Indian . Of the Indian character, much has been written foolishly,
and credulously believed. By the rhapsodies of poets, ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"Its use in American Indian linguistics is a bar to the just comprehension of the
morphologic phenomena of these tongues, because no two writers agree in ..."
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