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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 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
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Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Nouns Frequency: #1250
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Rank popularity for the word 'American' in Adjectives Frequency: #71
Anagrams for American »
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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
Let folks vote. Mitch McConnell has the ability to do that ... He simply is unwilling to do that and the American people are going to be hurt.
I asked whether he could commit that the full report, an unredacted full report with the underlying documents evidence would be provided to Congress and to the American people. And he wouldn't make a commitment to that. I am very concerned about that.
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. For the American citadel is a man. Not man in general. Not man in the abstract. Not the majority of men. But man. That man. His worth. His uniqueness.
President Obama was brought up in an atmosphere in which he was taught to be a critic of America, that is a distinction with prior American presidents.
We're revitalizing American democracy and if we're going to change America, that's what we've got to do.
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