Americanist

[ uh-mer-i-kuh-nist ]

/ əˈmɛr ɪ kə nɪst /

noun

a student of America, especially of its history, culture, and geography.

a specialist in the cultures or languages of American Indians.

a specialist in American literature.

a person who favors the U.S., its policies, etc.

Origin of Americanist

First recorded in 1880–85; American + -ist

Related forms

A·mer·i·can·is·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for americanist

Many of these articles were collected in 1890 and published in a volume entitled Essays of an Americanist.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, June 1899|Various
I have described them in my Essays of an Americanist (Philadelphia, 1890).
Nagualism|Daniel G. Brinton

British Dictionary definitions for americanist

Americanist

/ (əˈmɛrɪkənɪst) /

noun

a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages

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