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all-American definition

☆ all·-American (ôl′ə mer′i kən)

adjective

  1. made up entirely of Americans or American parts
  2. representative of the U.S. as a whole, or chosen as the best in the U.S.
  3. of all the Americas

noun

  1. a hypothetical football team or other team made up of college players voted the best of the year in the U.S.
  2. a player chosen for such a team

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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