American

American
[[t]əme̱rɪkən[/t]]
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Americans
ADJ
An American person or thing belongs to or comes from the United States of America.
See also Latin American

...the American Ambassador at the United Nations...

It was very pleasant to sit in the summer in open air theaters and see American movies.

N-COUNT
An American is someone who is American.

The 1990 Nobel Prize for medicine was won by two Americans.


English dictionary. 2008.

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