american > define

noun

• A native or inhabitant of the United States.
• The English language as used in the United States.
  • synonyms: American English, American language
• A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country.

adjective

• Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
  • usage: "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
• Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas.
  • usage: "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"

• (a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.
• (n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.