Meaning of American | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A citizen or national of the United States of America
2. A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.
3. A citizen or national of the United States of America.
4. Any inhabitant of the Americas
5. of or from America. In this dictionary ``American'' refers to American English. Amerikaans أمْريكي американски americano americký amerikanisch amerikansk Αμερικανός, αμερικανικόςamericano ameerikalik, ameerika; ameeriklane آمریکایی amerikkalainen Américain/-aine אָמְרִיקָנִי अमरीकी američki amerikai Amerika americano, americana 米国の 미국의 Amerikos, amerikietiškas, amerikiečių amerikāņu; amerikānisks orang Amerika Amerikaansamerykański امریکایی american американский americký ameriški američki ame...
6. Any inhabitant of the Americas.
7. A citizen or inhabitant of British America
8. , a. americano-a.
9. A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
   historical
10. An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
11. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture.
12. An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.
    archaic
13. An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies
14. Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere.
15. An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies.
    obsolete
16. Of or relating to any of the Native American peoples.
17. The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.
    colloquial, humorous, informal
18. American cheese.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
19. Indigenous to North or South America. Used of plants and animals.
20. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.
21. A native or inhabitant of America.
22. A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
    US, dated, rare, uncountable
23. A citizen of the United States.
24. American English.
25. of or relating to the United States of America, its inhabitants, or their form of English

Equivalents

Examples

“Americans! your republican politics, not less than your republican religion, are flagrantly inconsistent. You boast of your love of liberty, your superior civilization, and your pure Christianity, while the whole political power of the nation... is solemnly pledged to support and perpetuate the enslavement of three millions of your countrymen.”

“...the British ruling class obviously could not admit to themselves that their usefulness was at an end. Had they done that they would have had to abdicate. For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits, like the American millionaires, consciously clinging to unjust privileges and beating down opposition by bribery and tear-gas bombs. After all, they belonged to a class with a certain tradition, they had been to public schools where the duty of dying for your country, if necessary, is laid down as the first and greatest of the Commandments.”

“My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

“Graham Norton: But the people coming up to you now, like the Americans, well, you know, the Americans, they're not shy, the Americans. Maggie Smith: No. Well, no but I don't go anywhere where really they can get at me. It's usually in museums and art galleries and things, so that limits things. I keep away from there, and Harrod's I don't go near.”

“Roughly two-thirds of Americans default to the General American accent, with other dialects like Southern, AAVE, and Chicano usually being considered lower prestige outside of entertainment and politics.”

“The Americans believe that all creatures have souls.”

“Within a few months the ‘slave Alexandre’ had been successfully transformed into what, across the Channel, was called a ‘blackamoor dandy’. Parisians preferred the more politely euphemistic term ‘American’. ]”

“1839, Washington Irving, 'National Nomenclature', The Knickerbocker In France, when I have announced myself as an American, I have been supposed to belong to one of the French colonies; in Spain, to be from Mexico, or Peru, or some other Spanish-American country.”

“-A . Spanish ; my mother and father speak American ; my brothers and sisters speak Spanish ; when he is in the house , we speak American ; we have American prayers at night before we go to bed . Q. Is that usual in the families of the[…]”

““Do you speak American,” then asked the lady. “Oh, naow,” he replied with a still stronger emphasis. “But wouldn't you like to learn American?" persisted the lady. “Oh, naow, thanks," answered this sturdy little patriot. […]”

“The fact that they speak American and don ' t wear German uniforms makes them more dangerous than the Jerries themselves . What does your Springfield Plan do about them ? Here is a fighting challenge . In the light of this challenge the[…]”

“Donate for Give. Good American, but not good English.”

“We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in American.”

“"Where do you keep your cash, bub?" asked Idris hoarsely. His American was better than Hassan's English.”

“JAMES CARTER: Mr. Rice-a-Roni; don't even speak American.”

“DON COLLIER: This is an American tank; we talk American.”

“Q: What kinds of cheese do you have? A: We have American, Swiss, cheddar, provolone, or wiz.”

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