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American

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Noun

American (plural Americans)

  1. A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
    She went from Mexico to the USA before she gave birth, so her child would be an American.
  2. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.

Derived terms

Proper noun

American

  1. The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
    • 1942, We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in American. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)

Translations

American English
  • Finnish: amerikka (rare, derogative)
  • German: Amerikanisch n., (more precisely) amerikanisches Englisch n.
  • Italian: inglese americano it(it) m.

Adjective

American (comparative more American, superlative most American)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
    Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
    He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."

Translations

of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture
of or pertaining to the Americas
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