- 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 AfricaˌAfrican ˈAmerican adj
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African American — African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa.cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01 5.pdf |first=Jesse |last=McKinnon… … Wikipedia
African-American — African Af ri*can, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African.] Of or pertaining to Africa. [1913 Webster] {African hemp}, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the {Sanseviera Guineensis}, a plant found in Africa and India. {African marigold}, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
African-American — n. 1. 1 an American whose ancestors were born in Africa, especially a United States citizen of African descent. Syn: Afro American, African, black, negro [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
African-American — African A merican1 noun count ** someone from the U.S. who belongs to a race of people that has dark skin and whose family originally came from Africa African American ,African A merican 2 adjective 1. ) someone who is African American is from… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern 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 — 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 — 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 — I UK / US adjective 1) someone who is African American is from the US, but their family originally came from Africa 2) relating to the culture of African Americans II UK / US noun [countable] Word forms African American : singular African… … English dictionary
African American — /ˌæfrɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən/ (say .afrikuhn uh merikuhn) noun 1. an American of African descent. –adjective Also, African American. 2. of or relating to Americans of African descent. Also, Afro American, Black American …
African-American — Hyphenated American Hyphenated American An American who is referred to by a hyphenated term with the first word indicating an origin in a foreign country, and the second term being American , as {Irish American}, {Italian American}, {African… … 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
