Arab American

[ ar-uhb-uh-mer-i-kuhn ]

/ ˈær əb əˈmɛr ɪ kən /

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noun

a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Arab birth or descent.

adjective

of or relating to an Arab American.

Ar·ab-A·mer·i·can, occurring between the United States and Arabia or the Middle East: Diplomats predicted the deterioration of Arab-American relations with increased militarization of foreign policy.See Grammar note at Spanish American.

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Origin of Arab American

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby Arab American

a quo, Ar, Ara, araara, Arab, Arab American, araban, Arabel, arabesque, Arabia, Arabia Deserta

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The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Great American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse.
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Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn't need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.
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We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
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We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.
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He was in early life a shipcarpenter, and subsequently American consul at Antwerp.
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The difficulty of educating handlers of bills in distant places as to American credits.
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But you are English, or you are American; and men of those countries never misunderstand a woman, even if she is in trouble.
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