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AFRICAN-AMERICAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A person with African ancestry,

Example:

Negroid

Synonyms:

African-American; Black; Negro; Negroid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("African-American" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "African-American"):

soul brother (a fellow Black man)

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)

Derivation:

African-American (pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry

Example:

African-American culture

Synonyms:

African-American; Afro-American

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

black (of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin)

Derivation:

African-American (a person with African ancestry,)

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