American (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
  2. of or relating to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere: the American continents.
  3. of or relating to the Indigenous peoples of North and South America.
noun
  1. a citizen of the United States of America.
  2. a native or inhabitant of North or South America.
  3. an Indigenous person of North or South America.
  4. American English.
  5. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck.
adjective
  1. of or relating to the United States of America, its inhabitants, or their form of English
  2. of or relating to the American continent
noun
  1. a native or citizen of the US
  2. a native or inhabitant of any country of North, Central, or South America
  3. the English language as spoken or written in the United States
American (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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