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Ameri·can (ə mer′i kən)
adjective
- of or in America
- ☆ of, in, or characteristic of the U.S. or its people or culture the American language
noun
- a person born or living in North or South America; specif.,
- Obsolete an American Indian
- a citizen of the U.S.
- ☆ the English language as spoken and written in the U.S.
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