- African-American adj , n
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African-American — adj. 1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture Syn: Afro American [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
African American — n a US name for black Americans descended from Africans, especially those descended from American slaves. The name has become more popular and politically correct (= avoiding language that may offend a particular group) than ‘black’. About 12% of … Universalium
African American — [ˌæfrɪkən əˈmerɪkən] noun [C] someone from the US who belongs to a race of people that has dark skin and whose family originally came from Africa ˌAfrican ˈAmerican adj … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
African-American — African Americans N COUNT African Americans are black people living in the United States who are descended from families that originally came from Africa. Today African Americans are 12 percent of the population. ADJ African American is also an… … English dictionary
African-American — [af′ri kənə mer′i kən] n. an AMERICAN (n. 1b) having ancestors from sub Saharan Africa; black American adj. of African Americans or their culture; black: Also written African American … English World dictionary
African-American — isolated instances from at least 1863 (Afro American is attested in 1853, in freemen s publications in Canada), but the modern use is a re invention first attested 1969 (in reference to the African American Teachers Association) which became the… … Etymology dictionary
African American — adj. African American is used with these nouns: ↑English, ↑literature, ↑male, ↑precinct … Collocations dictionary
African-American — /af ri keuhn euh mer i keuhn/, n. 1. a black American of African descent. adj. 2. of or pertaining to African Americans. Also, Afro American. [1860 65, Amer.] Usage. See black. * * * … Universalium
African-American — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. black, colored, Negro, Afro American. n. black [man or woman], person of color, colored person. See humanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. black American, person of color, Afro American; see black 2 … English dictionary for students
African — n. & adj. n. 1 a native of Africa (esp. a dark skinned person). 2 a person of African descent. adj. of or relating to Africa. Phrases and idioms: African American an American citizen of African origin or descent. African elephant the elephant,… … Useful english dictionary
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom — This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.* Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g. pants , crib ) are to be found … Wikipedia
