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American definition

Ameri·can (ə mer′i kən)

adjective

  1. of or in America
  2. ☆ of, in, or characteristic of the U.S. or its people or culture the American language

noun

  1. a person born or living in North or South America; specif.,
    1. Obsolete an American Indian
    2. a citizen of the U.S.
  2. ☆ the English language as spoken and written in the U.S.

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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