Definitions for American
əˈmɛr ɪ kənamer·i·can

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.9 / 29 votes

1. Americannoun

   a native or inhabitant of the United States

2. American English, American language, Americannoun

   the English language as used in the United States

3. Americanadjective

   a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

4. Americanadjective

   of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

   "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"

5. Americanadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas

   "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 7 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Americanadjective

   Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."

4. Americanadjective

   Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.

5. Americannoun

   The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.

6. Etymology: *, or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. American

   American is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her third extended play, Paradise (2012), and the reissue of her debut studio album, Born to Die: The Paradise Edition (2012). "American" first appeared in a teaser trailer posted to her official YouTube account as a snippet.

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1. American

   American generally refers to a person, thing, or characteristic originating from or associated with the United States of America. It can refer to individuals who are citizens or residents of America, as well as cultural, political, or historical aspects related to the United States.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 5 votes

1. Americanadjective

   of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians

2. Americanadjective

   of or pertaining to the United States

3. 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

4. Etymology: [Named from Americus Vespucius.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 4 votes

1. 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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1. american

   Quotes by american -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by american on the Quotes.net website.

Matched Categories

1. • Inhabitant

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #592

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1294

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Nouns Frequency: #1250

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Adjectives Frequency: #71

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for American »

1. in camera

2. amacrine

3. cinerama

4. camerina

How to pronounce American?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say American in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of American in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of American in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of American in a Sentence

1. Robert F. Kennedy, "A Thousand Days," by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. [1965]:

   I think that the Communist Party as a political organization is of no danger to the United States. It has no following and has been disregarded by the American people for many, many years.

2. The President:

   If you're asking me when is it going to be generally available to the American public, so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, I think we're probably looking at third, late second quarter, third quarter 2021.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   We lost (the nonwhite vote), but that gap is growing slimmer and slimmer between the secretary and myself. I think you'll find as we get to South Carolina and other states, that when the African-American community, the Latino community, looks at our record, looks at our agenda, we're going to get more and more support.

4. Ted Cruz:

   I'm not unopposed, there's still a bunch of people in this race, we're going to stay focused on making the case to the American people that we can't have another 'campaign conservative.'.

5. Ben Carson:

   What I am doing is steadily getting the message out, and connecting with the American people, and they are responding.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=American
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/American
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/American
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=American
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=American