American Indian
Amerind (def. 2). Abbreviation: AmerInd
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How to use American Indian in a sentence
I mean it's profiling, but then I've got kicked out of three bars for being an American Indian.
Brando's later, somewhat disoriented, support for the militant American Indian Movement was the last straw for his critics.
On another occasion we find an American Indian preaching in the pulpit—a novelty in 1767.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieThe North American Indian appears to have been, when first discovered, wholly without any distinct religious faith.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanIt is the period of the assumption of the three-pointed blanket, the true toga of the North American Indian.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis Spence
From this place has the North American Indian ever obtained material for his pipe, and from no other spot.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceIt cannot be said that the religious sense was exceptionally strong in the mind of the North American Indian.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis Spence
British Dictionary definitions for American Indian
Also called: Native American a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, or South America, esp those of North America
Also: Amerindian of or relating to any of these peoples, their languages, or their cultures
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