American – Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
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Asian American
an American who is of Asian descent
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Creole
a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
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Anglo-American
an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British
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Alabaman, Alabamian
a native or resident of Alabama
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Alaskan
a native or resident of Alaska
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Arizonan, Arizonian
a native or resident of Arizona
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Arkansan, Arkansawyer
a native or resident of Arkansas
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Bay Stater
a native or resident of Massachusetts
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Bostonian
a native or resident of Boston
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Californian
a native or resident of California
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Carolinian
a native or resident of the Carolinas
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Coloradan
a native or resident of Colorado
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Connecticuter
a native or resident of Connecticut
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Delawarean, Delawarian
a native or resident of Delaware
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Floridian
a native or resident of Florida
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Franco-American
an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
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German American
an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German
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Georgian
a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
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Hawaiian
a native or resident of Hawaii
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Idahoan
a native or resident of Idaho
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Illinoisan
a native or resident of Illinois
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Hoosier, Indianan
a native or resident of Indiana
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Iowan
a native or resident of Iowa
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Kansan
a native or resident of Kansas
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Bluegrass Stater, Kentuckian
a native or resident of Kentucky
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Louisianan, Louisianian
a native or resident of Louisiana
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Down Easter, Mainer
a native or resident of Maine
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Marylander
a native or resident of Maryland
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Michigander, Wolverine
a native or resident of Michigan
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Gopher, Minnesotan
a native or resident of Minnesota
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Mississippian
a native or resident of Mississippi
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Missourian
a native or resident of Missouri
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Montanan
a native or resident of Montana
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Cornhusker, Nebraskan
a native or resident of Nebraska
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Nevadan
a native or resident of Nevada
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Granite Stater, New Hampshirite
a native or resident of New Hampshire
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Garden Stater, New Jerseyan, New Jerseyite
a native of resident of New Jersey
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New Mexican
a native or resident of New Mexico
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New Yorker
a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)
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North Carolinian, Tarheel
a native or resident of North Carolina
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North Dakotan
a native or resident of North Dakota
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Buckeye, Ohioan
a native or resident of Ohio
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Oklahoman, Sooner
a native or resident of Oklahoma
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Beaver, Oregonian
a native or resident of Oregon
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Keystone Stater, Pennsylvanian
a native or resident of Pennsylvania
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Rhode Islander
a native or resident of Rhode Island
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South Carolinian
a native or resident of South Carolina
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South Dakotan
a native or resident of South Dakota
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Tennessean, Volunteer
a native or resident of Tennessee
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Texan
a native or resident of Texas
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Utahan
a native or resident of Utah
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Vermonter
a native or resident of Vermont
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Virginian
a native or resident of Virginia
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Washingtonian
a native or resident of the state of Washington
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Washingtonian
a native or resident of the city of Washington
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West Virginian
a native or resident of West Virginia
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Badger, Wisconsinite
a native or resident of Wisconsin
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Wyomingite
a native or resident of Wyoming
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Puerto Rican
a native or resident of Puerto Rico
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Yank, Yankee, Yankee-Doodle
an American (especially to non-Americans)
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Appalachian
a native or inhabitant of Appalachia
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New Englander, Yankee
an American who lives in New England
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Nisei
a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
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Southerner
an American who lives in the South
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Hispanic, Hispanic American, Spanish American
an American whose first language is Spanish
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Tory
an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
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Northerner, Yank, Yankee
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
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Alaska Native, Alaskan Native, Native Alaskan
a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska
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Native Hawaiian
a member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the Hawaiian Islands
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Confederate
a supporter of the Confederate States of America
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criollo
a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
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East-sider
a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City
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good ol’ boy, good old boy, good ole boy
a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group
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Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
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West-sider
a resident of the west side of Manhattan in New York City
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