| american | | |
| n. (person) | 1. american | a native or inhabitant of the United States. |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| ~ denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller | a person who inhabits a particular place. |
| ~ african-american, african american, afro-american, black american | an American whose ancestors were born in Africa. |
| ~ asian american | an American who is of Asian descent. |
| ~ creole | a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana). |
| ~ anglo-american | an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British. |
| ~ alabaman, alabamian | a native or resident of Alabama. |
| ~ alaskan | a native or resident of Alaska. |
| ~ arizonan, arizonian | a native or resident of Arizona. |
| ~ arkansan, arkansawyer | a native or resident of Arkansas. |
| ~ bay stater | a native or resident of Massachusetts. |
| ~ bostonian | a native or resident of Boston. |
| ~ californian | a native or resident of California. |
| ~ carolinian | a native or resident of the Carolinas. |
| ~ coloradan | a native or resident of Colorado. |
| ~ connecticuter | a native or resident of Connecticut. |
| ~ delawarean, delawarian | a native or resident of Delaware. |
| ~ floridian | a native or resident of Florida. |
| ~ franco-american | an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French. |
| ~ german american | an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German. |
| ~ georgian | a native or resident of the American state of Georgia. |
| ~ hawaiian | a native or resident of Hawaii. |
| ~ idahoan | a native or resident of Idaho. |
| ~ illinoisan | a native or resident of Illinois. |
| ~ hoosier, indianan | a native or resident of Indiana. |
| ~ iowan | a native or resident of Iowa. |
| ~ kansan | a native or resident of Kansas. |
| ~ bluegrass stater, kentuckian | a native or resident of Kentucky. |
| ~ louisianan, louisianian | a native or resident of Louisiana. |
| ~ down easter, mainer | a native or resident of Maine. |
| ~ marylander | a native or resident of Maryland. |
| ~ michigander, wolverine | a native or resident of Michigan. |
| ~ minnesotan, gopher | a native or resident of Minnesota. |
| ~ mississippian | a native or resident of Mississippi. |
| ~ missourian | a native or resident of Missouri. |
| ~ montanan | a native or resident of Montana. |
| ~ nebraskan, cornhusker | a native or resident of Nebraska. |
| ~ nevadan | a native or resident of Nevada. |
| ~ granite stater, new hampshirite | a native or resident of New Hampshire. |
| ~ garden stater, new jerseyan, new jerseyite | a native of resident of New Jersey. |
| ~ new mexican | a native or resident of New Mexico. |
| ~ new yorker | a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City). |
| ~ north carolinian, tarheel | a native or resident of North Carolina. |
| ~ north dakotan | a native or resident of North Dakota. |
| ~ ohioan, buckeye | a native or resident of Ohio. |
| ~ oklahoman, sooner | a native or resident of Oklahoma. |
| ~ oregonian, beaver | a native or resident of Oregon. |
| ~ keystone stater, pennsylvanian | a native or resident of Pennsylvania. |
| ~ rhode islander | a native or resident of Rhode Island. |
| ~ south carolinian | a native or resident of South Carolina. |
| ~ south dakotan | a native or resident of South Dakota. |
| ~ tennessean, volunteer | a native or resident of Tennessee. |
| ~ texan | a native or resident of Texas. |
| ~ utahan | a native or resident of Utah. |
| ~ vermonter | a native or resident of Vermont. |
| ~ virginian | a native or resident of Virginia. |
| ~ washingtonian | a native or resident of the state of Washington. |
| ~ washingtonian | a native or resident of the city of Washington. |
| ~ west virginian | a native or resident of West Virginia. |
| ~ badger, wisconsinite | a native or resident of Wisconsin. |
| ~ wyomingite | a native or resident of Wyoming. |
| ~ puerto rican | a native or resident of Puerto Rico. |
| ~ yankee-doodle, yank, yankee | an American (especially to non-Americans). |
| ~ appalachian | a native or inhabitant of Appalachia. |
| ~ new englander, yankee | an American who lives in New England. |
| ~ nisei | a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan. |
| ~ southerner | an American who lives in the South. |
| ~ hispanic, hispanic american, spanish american | an American whose first language is Spanish. |
| ~ tory | an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution. |
| ~ yank, yankee, northerner | an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War). |
| n. (communication) | 2. american, american english, american language | the English language as used in the United States. |
| ~ english, english language | an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries. |
| ~ aave, african american english, african american vernacular english, black english, black english vernacular, black vernacular, black vernacular english, ebonics | a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States. |
| n. (person) | 3. american | a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country. |
| ~ north america | the nations of the North American continent collectively. |
| ~ central america | the nations of Central America collectively. |
| ~ south america | the nations of the South American continent collectively.; "South America is an important market for goods from the United States" |
| ~ denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller | a person who inhabits a particular place. |
| ~ creole | a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America. |
| ~ latin american, latino | a native of Latin America. |
| ~ north american | a native or inhabitant of North America. |
| ~ south american | a native or inhabitant of South America. |
| ~ mesoamerican | a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica. |
| ~ west indian | a native or inhabitant of the West Indies. |
| adj. (pertain) | 4. american | of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. american | of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas.; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" |
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