What does American mean?
Definitions for American
əˈmɛr ɪ kənAmer·i·can
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Princeton's WordNet
American(noun)
a native or inhabitant of the United States
American English, American language, American(noun)
the English language as used in the United States
American(adj)
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
American(adj)
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
"American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
American(adj)
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
"the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"
Wiktionary
American(Noun)
An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
Every American's origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Asia and a migration to the New World over frozen Bering Strait turns out to be correct.
Etymology: * , or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
American(Noun)
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.
Etymology: * , or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
American(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
Etymology: * , or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
American(Adjective)
Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
Etymology: * , or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
American(ProperNoun)
The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
Etymology: * , or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
Webster Dictionary
American(adj)
of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians
Etymology: [Named from Americus Vespucius.]
American(adj)
of or pertaining to the United States
Etymology: [Named from Americus Vespucius.]
American(noun)
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
Etymology: [Named from Americus Vespucius.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
American
a-mer′ik-an, adj. pertaining to America, esp. to the United States.—n. a native of America.—v.t. Amer′icanise, to render American.—n. Amer′icanism, a custom, characteristic, word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Americans: condition of being an American citizen: devotion to American institutions. [From America, so called unfairly from Amerigo Vespucci, a navigator who explored a small part of South America seven years after the first voyage of Columbus.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #592
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Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1294
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Nouns Frequency: #1250
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Adjectives Frequency: #71
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of American in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of American in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of American in a Sentence
We're revitalizing American democracy and if we're going to change America, that's what we've got to do.
The President has released plenty of information and I think has given more financial disclosure than anybody else, i think the American population has plenty of information on it.
The principles of homeland and security have been tremendously important in shaping my life. My father and mother brought me to this country to escape communism and to provide me with the security, opportunity and pride that American citizenship brings to each of us.
The exact timing of those we are still coordinating with the Chinese government but we anticipate that they will happen in the next handful of days... we'll return those American citizens, we may well end up bringing some citizens back from other countries as well. We're working through the details on that.
The overall assertions that have come out of the Russian government are absolutely absurd, the fact that they want to question 11 American citizens and the assertions American citizens -- we do not stand by those assertions that the Russian government makes. The prosecutor general in Russia is well aware that the United States has rejected Russian allegations in this regard.
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