American

[ uh-mer-i-kuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants:
an American citizen.
of or relating to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere:
the American continents.
of or relating to the Indigenous peoples of North and South America.

noun

a citizen of the United States of America.
a native or inhabitant of North or South America.
an Indigenous person of North or South America.
American English.
a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck.

American

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adjective

of or relating to the United States of America, its inhabitants, or their form of English
of or relating to the American continent

noun

a native or citizen of the US
a native or inhabitant of any country of North, Central, or South America
the English language as spoken or written in the United States

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of American¹

First recorded in 1570–80; Americ(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

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He also played 12 games for San Antonio in the American Basketball Assn.

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For roughly one-third of Americans, the answer isn’t to take exorbitant vacations or buy mansions.

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Now in its third year, the American Music Honors convened on Saturday evening at Monmouth University in unforgettable fashion.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the sanctuary city executive order in a morning news briefing as “focused on protecting American communities from criminal aliens.”

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African captives turned American captives often remained as such when society transitioned from enslavement to Jim Crow.

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