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. Sarah Gordon:

   The American Rescue Plan provides a good deal for state budgets due to the availability of federal matching funds to cover the postpartum population, and historically, The American Rescue Plan has proven easier to garner political support for expansions of coverage to pregnant and postpartum women compared to other populations, such as low-income adults under traditional Medicaid expansion.

2. Forest McDonald:

   Americans who had traveled in Europe knew the 'free' European peasants suffered considerably greater oppression and misery than did American bondsman. Modern scholarship has shown that the exploitation rate -- the percentage of the worker's production that was taken from him by his owners -- was lower among the slaves than among European peasants, that work loads were light, and that slaves actually experienced a considerable measure of personal freedom.

3. Donald Trump:

   In Congress, J.R. will promote American Energy, Secure the Border, Support our Farmers, Protect Life, Defend the Second Amendment, Fight for Election Integrity, and Provide our Veterans with the Care they Deserve.

4. Brad Knudson:

   We have a very beautiful African American daughter that we were very fortunate enough to adopt 11 years ago, we've dealt with a little bit of racism, you know, stares, things like that when she calls us mom or dad, but she didn't notice so we just blew it off because it was directed towards us.

5. John Gentzel:

   Supporters of the blueprint understand the importance of reforming our tax code in a way that incentivizes investment in the United States and the production of American goods, in American towns, by American workers, meanwhile opponents of the blueprint are trying to stop tax reform and keep the current broken tax system that puts American workers at a disadvantage.

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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