American
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
"The American hemisphere"
"American flora and fauna"
(2) Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
"American citizens"
"American English"
"The American dream"
noun
(3) The English language as used in the United States
(4) A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
(5) A native or inhabitant of the United States
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
- She went from Mexico to the USA before she gave birth, so her child would be an American.
- An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
Proper noun
- The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
- 1942, We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in American. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)
Adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
- Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
- He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
- Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."