|
american
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,United States
|
|
| 1 |
[ adjective ] (United States) of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
Examples "American citizens" "American English" "the American dream" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Meager and shabby by-products linger to haunt our memories of a once mighty protagonist ; a maladroit reharmonization of our National_Anthem ( The Star-Spangled_Banner ) ; a poor attempt to write an idiomatic jazz concerto ; a circus polka for elephants ; his hopes that the tunes from his old music might be used for popular American commercial songs ! (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)By dealing with common landscape in an uncommon way , Roy_Mason has found a particular niche in American landscape art . (Sports Age, 24:9...)The American firearms and ammunition manufacturers through diligent research and technical development have replaced the muzzle_loader and slow firing single shot arms with modern fast firing autoloaders , extremely accurate bolt , lever , and slide_action firearms . But with the exception of professional athletes , few contact_sports and physical_education activities in our schools have any carryover in the adult life of the average American man or woman . The American gun and ammunition producers sponsor a successful promotional program through their industry trade association . Related terms |
| 2 |
[ noun ] a native or inhabitant of the United States
Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Though it was a great relief when the big brains on these shows turned_out to be frauds and phonies , it did irreparable damage to the ego of the editor and many_another intelligent , well-informed American . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The American is very lucky if he has three . If a nation wished to get a head_start in physical fitness over all other nations , it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large_number of the problems that plague American schools . American audiences in particular learned two valuable lessons . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Rather , it is typical of the thousands of quacks who use phony therapeutic devices to fatten themselves on the miseries of hundreds of thousands of Americans by robbing them of millions of dollars and luring them away from legitimate , ethical medical treatment of serious diseases . Related terms inhabitant Southerner Yankee New_Englander Rhode_Islander Anglo-American Texan Tory South_Carolinian Floridian New_Yorker Californian Alabaman Virginian Puerto_Rican Louisianan Georgian Montanan Nevadan Franco-American North_Carolinian Hawaiian Arkansan Arizonan Oregonian Illinoisan Idahoan South_Dakotan Iowan Indianan new_jerseyan Nebraskan Bay_Stater New_Hampshirite Creole Vermonter North_Dakotan Ohioan Kentuckian Pennsylvanian Kansan West_Virginian Mainer Tennessean Coloradan Utahan Carolinian Yankee Washingtonian Washingtonian Michigander Wisconsinite Wyomingite Minnesotan Connecticuter Spanish_American Mississippian german_american bostonian Missourian Delawarean Alaskan African-American US |
| 3 |
[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
Examples "the American hemisphere" "American flora and fauna" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)The expedition that had discovered Ozagen had succeeded in correlating two thousand Siddo words with an equal number of American words . |
| 4 |
[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
Examples "the American hemisphere" "American flora and fauna" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)The expedition that had discovered Ozagen had succeeded in correlating two thousand Siddo words with an equal number of American words . |
| 5 |
[ noun ] (linguistics) the English language as used in the United States
Synonyms Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Australia , the Philippine_Islands , Japan , and northern China were inhabited by those members of the Haijac_Union that spoke American . Then there was North_America , where American was the native speech of all except the twenty descendants of French-Canadians living on the Hudson_Bay_Preserve . Related terms |
| 6 |
[ noun ] a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
|
| * |
|