American

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   A citizen or national of the United States of America.countableuncountable

   • Roughly two-thirds of Americans default to the General American accent, with other dialects like Southern, AAVE, and Chicano usually being considered lower prestige outside of entertainment and politics.
   • My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
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   Any inhabitant of the Americas.countableuncountable

3. 3

   A citizen or inhabitant of British America.countablehistoricaluncountable

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   An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.archaiccountableuncountable

   • The Americans believe that all creatures have souls.
   • Within a few months the ‘slave Alexandre’ had been successfully transformed into what, across the Channel, was called a ‘blackamoor dandy’. Parisians preferred the more politely euphemistic term ‘American’. ]
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   An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies.countableobsoleteuncountable

   • 1839, Washington Irving, 'National Nomenclature', The Knickerbocker In France, when I have announced myself as an American, I have been supposed to belong to one of the French colonies; in Spain, to be from Mexico, or Peru, or some other Sp
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   The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.colloquialcountablehumorous

   • -A . Spanish ; my mother and father speak American ; my brothers and sisters speak Spanish ; when he is in the house , we speak American ; we have American prayers at night before we go to bed . Q. Is that usual in the families of the[…]
   • “Do you speak American,” then asked the lady. “Oh, naow,” he replied with a still stronger emphasis. “But wouldn't you like to learn American?" persisted the lady. “Oh, naow, thanks," answered this sturdy little patriot. […]
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   Clipping of American cheese.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

   • Q: What kinds of cheese do you have? A: We have American, Swiss, cheddar, provolone, or wiz.
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   Ellipsis of American cockroach.abbreviationalt-ofcountable

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   A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.countableuncountable

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    A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.USdatedrare

syn. Yank · Statesider · Ameritard · Seppo · USian · Usonian · United Statian · US-American · United Statesian · American · Americunt · septic

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   Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

   • He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
   • Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
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   Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.uncommon

   • This is pure American powder from the foothills of Colombia.
3. 3

   Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.historical

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   Of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.archaic

5. 5

   Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry; contrasted with European.not-comparable

   • All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American.
   • Multi-dimensional option pricing becomes an important topic in financial markets (Franker et al., 2008). Among which, the American-type derivative (e.g. the Bermudan option) pricing is a challenging problem.

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   A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.