What does American mean?
Definitions for American
əˈmɛr ɪ kənamer·i·can
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Princeton's WordNet
Americannoun
a native or inhabitant of the United States
American English, American language, Americannoun
the English language as used in the United States
Americanadjective
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
Americanadjective
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
"American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
Americanadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
"the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"
Wiktionary
Americannoun
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.
Americannoun
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.
Americanadjective
Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
Americanadjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
Americannoun
The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
Etymology: *, or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
Webster Dictionary
Americanadjective
of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians
Americanadjective
of or pertaining to the United States
Americannoun
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
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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 are making a conscience effort to be out in the community and show African American voters here that African American voters are an important part of my hopes and dreams for this part of the state.
When President Donald Trump screams socialism, all of his hypocrisy will not be lost on the American people.
Many of these countries are getting millions and millions of dollars from the American taxpayer, and then not taking their criminals back.
I get my role as a former national chairman. I get it, but I'm African American. I get my role as a former party leader. I'm still African American.
From now on, we’re going to stand up for American jobs, workers, their security and for American steel companies.
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