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Definition of Native American
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages. "Indian arrowheads"
Partainyms: American Indian, American Indian, American Indian, American Indian
Derivative terms: Amerind
2. Noun. Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul, Person Of Color, Person Of Colour
Examples of category: War Party
Specialized synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian, South American Indian, Carib, Carib Indian, Arawak, Arawakan
Definition of Native American
1. Noun. An American Indian, especially in the United States. ¹
2. Adjective. Of the American Indians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Native American
Literary usage of Native American
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The burning of the Convent of the Ursuline nuns at Charleston, Mass., in 1834,
by a Native American mob, and their cruel treatment of the unoffending nuns ..."
2. Federal Historic Preservation Laws by Sara K. Blumenthal (1994)
"Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Hawaiian Natives Historic
... An Act To provide for the protection of Native American graves, ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"Resolutions were adopted favoring the establishment of a native American newspaper
and the appointment of committees to solicit subscriptions for it in ..."
4. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Programs for Native American Populations Smokeless tobacco use by Native American
youth on reservations is higher than that of other groups (Schinke et al. ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"He further explains that it was the fundamental myth in the religious lore of
American nations; and declares his opinion that in this native American belief ..."
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