1.  american(n = noun.person) - a native or inhabitant of the United States;
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
is a member of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
has particulars: african-american, african american, afro-american, black american, asian american, creole, anglo-american, alabaman, alabamian, alaskan, arizonan, arizonian, arkansan, arkansawyer, bay stater, bostonian, californian, carolinian, coloradan, connecticuter, delawarean, delawarian, floridian, franco-american, german american, georgian, hawaiian, idahoan, illinoisan, hoosier, indianan, iowan, kansan, bluegrass stater, kentuckian, louisianan, louisianian, down easter, mainer, marylander, michigander, wolverine, gopher, minnesotan, mississippian, missourian, montanan, cornhusker, nebraskan, nevadan, granite stater, new hampshirite, garden stater, new jerseyan, new jerseyite, new mexican, new yorker, north carolinian, tarheel, north dakotan, buckeye, ohioan, oklahoman, sooner, beaver, oregonian, keystone stater, pennsylvanian, rhode islander, south carolinian, south dakotan, tennessean, volunteer, texan, utahan, vermonter, virginian, washingtonian, washingtonian, west virginian, badger, wisconsinite, wyomingite, puerto rican, yank, yankee, yankee-doodle, appalachian, new englander, yankee, nisei, southerner, hispanic, hispanic american, spanish american, tory, northerner, yank, yankee
Derived forms adjective american₁, verb americanize₁

2.  american(n = noun.communication) american english, american language - the English language as used in the United States;
is a kind of english, english language
has particulars: aave, african american english, african american vernacular english, black english, black english vernacular, black vernacular, black vernacular english, ebonics
Derived form adjective american₁

3.  american(n = noun.person) - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country;
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
is a member of north america, central america, south america
has particulars: creole, latin american, latino, north american, south american, mesoamerican, west indian

1.  american(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
Derived forms noun america₁, noun american₂, noun american₁, verb americanize₂, verb americanize₁

2.  american(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"
Derived form noun america₂

1.  Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. [1913 Webster]

2.  Of or pertaining to the United States. Lyell. [1913 Webster]

   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. [1913 Webster]
"The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism." [1913 Webster]

american, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of, relating to, or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants.
2 (usu. in comb.) of or relating to the continents of America (Latin-American).
--n.
1 a native or citizen of the United States.
2 (usu. in comb.) a native or inhabitant of the continents of America (North Americans).
3 the English language as it is used in the United States.

Idiom:
American dream the traditional ideals of the American people, such as equality, democracy, and material prosperity. American football a kind of football played with an oval ball, evolved from Rugby football. American Indian see INDIAN.

Etymology:
mod.L Americanus f. America f. Latinized name of Amerigo Vespucci, It. navigator d. 1512

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