all-American

[ awl-uh-mer-i-kuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

representing the entire United States.
composed exclusively of American members or elements.
selected as the best in the United States, as in a sport:
the all-American college football team of 1983.

noun

an all-American player or performer.

all-American

adjective

representative of the whole of the United States
composed exclusively of American members
(of a person) typically American
the company looks for all-American clean-cut college students

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Word History and Origins

Origin of all-American¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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He was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press and a first-team All-ACC selection.

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Graham, The Times’ high school player of the year in 2021, was an All-American at Michigan.

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He left Chatsworth as the all-time City Section scoring leader, with more than 3,000 points, and recently competed in the McDonald’s All-American game.

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Former Pac-12 rivals Utah battled rare-shaky performances on balance beam — including a fall from All-American Grace McCallum — while Missouri never threatened second place, only recording five 9.9 or higher scores during the meet.

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It was a bad idea to joke about someone's appearance in a sketch about The White Lotus, Ravens says, given Wood's casting has been praised for a character lacking "those all-American, fake-looking teeth".

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