American eagle

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noun

the bald eagle, especially as depicted on the great seal of the U.S.

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Origin of American eagle

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words nearby American eagle

American Curl, American depository receipt, American Directoire, American dog tick, American Dream, American eagle, American elk, American elm, American Empire, American English, American Expeditionary Forces

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How to use American eagle in a sentence

Then corporate people from American Eagle went on The Today Show on Friday to laugh all about it.
American Eagle's Spray-On 'Skinny Skinny' Jeans Are, Thankfully, A Joke|Isabel Wilkinson|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It begins with the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 at Roselawn, Indiana, in October 1994.
Behind the Buffalo Crash|Clive Irving|February 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The American Eagle has lived too sumptuously of late his stummic becum foul, and he's takin a slite emetic.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward|Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
The American Eagle felt that it had a right to scream over the great achievement.
Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer|J. W. Duffield

Once there, the wing of the American Eagle was extended over our uneasy heads.
Notes on Life and Letters|Joseph Conrad
But, M. Doucet, at least you can embroider an American Eagle in the corner of my handkerchiefs?
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852|Various
When you do come, let it be to freeze to the American Eagle, and with a firm determination to make him your own beloved bird!
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870|Various

British Dictionary definitions for American eagle

American eagle

noun

the bald eagle, esp when depicted as the national emblem of the US

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