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american

Definitions

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the United States
  2. a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
  3. the English language as used in the United States

adjective

  1. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
  2. of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

Examples

It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own.

Of all types of commercially based American music, jazz is the one that has most consistently fostered musical artistry on a high level.

A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell.

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