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American

[uh-mer-i-kuhn]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants.

    an American citizen.

  2. of or relating to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere.

    the American continents.

  3. of or relating to the Indigenous peoples of North and South America.



noun

  1. a citizen of the United States of America.

  2. a native or inhabitant of North or South America.

  3. an Indigenous person of North or South America.

  4. American English.

  5. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck.

American

/ əˈmɛrɪkən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the United States of America, its inhabitants, or their form of English

  2. of or relating to the American continent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or citizen of the US

  2. a native or inhabitant of any country of North, Central, or South America

  3. the English language as spoken or written in the United States

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • Americanly adverb
  • Americanness noun
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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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Approximately one in eight Americans receive food stamp benefits from the US government, a program at risk of losing its funding as of Saturday due to the government shutdown.

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It plans to shutter the restaurant until after the American expedition, but the Copenhagen store will remain open.

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Amazon officials have said that blurring the lines between its grocery brands can help the company capture more of Americans’ spending on food.

Halfway to an American double, Ireland extended their lead to six points when Crowley knocked over a straightforward penalty, having pulled a more difficult kick to the left a few minutes prior.

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It was the first day of the month — the first day of a pause in federal food assistance for millions of low-income Americans, including 5.5 million Californians, because of the government shutdown that began Oct.

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