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  • noun Plural form of Amerasian.

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Examples

  • Rather, they said, the Amerasians were a unique legacy of the war and their status should be resolved by the two countries alone, not as part of a larger multilateral program.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Rather, they said, the Amerasians were a unique legacy of the war and their status should be resolved by the two countries alone, not as part of a larger multilateral program.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Some Vietnamese youth will do just about anything to get to America, even dyeing their hair and using skin lightener to pass as Amerasians, the visa-worthy children of American GIs.

    Old Foes, New Fans 2008

  • Tens of thousands of abandoned Amerasians who grew up without fathers shake their heads in assent.

    An Empire of Widows and Orphans 2008

  • And so I went to the hotel, and I found two older Amerasians.

    Rick Smolan tells the story of a girl 2007

  • And so I went to the hotel, and I found two older Amerasians.

    Rick Smolan tells the story of a girl 2007

  • And so I went to the hotel, and I found two older Amerasians.

    Rick Smolan tells the story of a girl 2007

  • ROVR -- Resettlement Opportunity for Vietnamese Returnees -- applicants, some Amerasians, and current immigrant visa cases.

    Statement Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1998

  • She heard about an Amerasian teenager -- Amerasians were the children left behind by American servicemen who married, or didn't marry, Vietnamese women, but fathered children.

    Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants 1995

  • Congress for the restoration of Filipino veterans 'rights, I welcome these assurances that the United States will work hand in hand with the Philippine government in helping to promote the welfare of Amerasians in the Philippines.

    Press Conference Of Presidents Clinton And Ramos ITY National Archives 1994

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