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African-American

Noun CEFR C2
ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən

Definitions

  1. A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.
  2. Any black American person; by extension, any black person.
    US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes

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See also

African-American English African-American Vernacular English African't Africana Africander Africaness

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