Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture.
- adj. Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere.
- adj. Of or relating to any of the Native American peoples.
- adj. Indigenous to North or South America. Used of plants and animals.
- n. A native or inhabitant of America.
- n. A citizen of the United States.
- n. American English.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to the western hemisphere; belonging to or situated in either North or South America: as, the Amazon and other American rivers.
- In a more restricted sense, pertaining to the United States: as, an American citizen.
- n. A native or an inhabitant of the western hemisphere, or, specifically, of North America: originally applied to the aboriginal races discovered by the Europeans, but now to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and, in the most restricted or popular sense, to the citizens of the United States.
Wiktionary
- n. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
- n. The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
- adj. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to America.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the United States.
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the English language as used in the United States
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
- n. a native or inhabitant of the United States
- n. a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
- adj. of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
Etymologies
- From America + -an, or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“GRAPHIC MASTERS III: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM" The third in a series of special installations celebrates the variety and accomplishment of American artists 'works on paper, including watercolors, pastels and drawings from the 1960s to the 1990s.”
The Washington Post: Going Out Guide for Washington, D.C., Aug. 5-11
“It convinces me more and more everyday that MODERN AMERICAN CONSERVATISM/ RESPUBLICANISM does not belong in the American future”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment
“He will LEAD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE to change the status quo, because it can only be done if the American people and the President work together to bring it about.”
In Big Iowa Speech Today, Edwards Will Amplify Case For Confrontation
“AMERICAN IDIOTS yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'AMERICAN IDIOTS'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The American people\'s ignorance, stupidity, and disinterest in the governance of this nation have allowed an oligopoly of politicians, bankers, and powerful corporations to seize control of the country and loot its riches for their personal gain.”
“Diary Entry by Jim Quinn (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'AMERICAN IDIOTS'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The American people\'s ignorance, stupidity, and disinterest in the governance of this nation have allowed an oligopoly of politicians, bankers, and powerful corporations to seize control of the country and loot its riches for their personal gain.”
“DAN STEIN, FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM: There's no way the American people are going to understand a move -- a big move for an immigration amnesty now is anything other than a naked party power grab of putting party interests above public interests.”
“ELEANOR HARVEY, SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM: What you can expect to see is the largest and most comprehensive American art collection anywhere in the world.”
“EDWARD LIDDY, CEO, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP: We have heard the American people loudly and clearly these past few days.”
“There is no such thing as an african/american, those are two continents, your either African or your an American.”
“TRAVELING ON THE AMERICAN PLANVacation travel has always been an essential part of the American dream.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘American’.
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Nationalities (Demonyms)
Afghan, Albanian, Algerian, American, Andorran, Angolan, Argentinean, Armenian, Australian, Austrian, Azerbaijani, Bahamian and 221 more...
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POL - What is Mitt talking about?
Key terms from Mitt Romney's election campaign
good and generous..., hard fought election, go back to work, optimistic and po..., confident in the ..., optimism, uniquely American, nation of immigrants, want a better life, life in that plac..., pursuit of the ri..., richness of this ... and 369 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
Afro, habanera, pentatonic scale, bop, bebop, jazz, cool jazz, pentatonic, malignment, music genre, jazz musician, syncopate and 437 more...
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Dictionary words
Words from the names of various dictionaries.
dictionary, college, heritage, Webster's, American, rhyming, compendious, English, language, Oxford, new, Wordnik and 56 more...
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Yes We Can
can-, -can, or even -can-.
candelabra, parcan, incantation, Canada, candida, Candide, toucan, can-can, cancan, cannabis, incandescent, canticle and 26 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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-an
belonging to; of; characteristic of; born in; living in; believing in; following
American, Mohammedan, Muhammedan, diocesan, Italian, octogenarian, centenarian
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TT3 Lesson 25
England, London, Figure out, flat, Tourist informati..., Underground, brochure, exchange student, traveling, thrilling, foreigner, mansion and 59 more...
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