English Dictionary

American

/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

noun

Any inhabitant of the Americas. / (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of British North America. / (archaic) Synonym of American Indian or Native American, an indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.

I met an American at the conference.

意味（1）

Any inhabitant of the Americas.

意味（2）

(historical) A citizen or inhabitant of British North America.

意味（3）

(archaic) Synonym of American Indian or Native American, an indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.

The Americans believe that all creatures have souls.

意味（4）

(uncountable, US printing, rare, dated) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.

意味（5）

A citizen or inhabitant of the United States of America.

Americans! your republican politics, not less than your republican religion, are flagrantly inconsistent. You boast of your love of liberty, your superior civilization, and your pure Christianity, while the whole political power of the nation... is solemnly pledged to support and perpetuate the enslavement of three millions of your countrymen.

意味（6）

(informal, humorous, colloquial) The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.

-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[…]

意味（7）

(clipping of) American cheese.