English > American: 5 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A native or inhabitant of the United States. |
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| Member of | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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| Narrower | Alabaman, Alabamian | A native or resident of Alabama |
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| Alaskan | A native or resident of Alaska |
| Anglo-American | An American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British |
| Appalachian | A native or inhabitant of Appalachia |
| Arizonan, Arizonian | A native or resident of Arizona |
| Arkansan, Arkansawyer | A native or resident of Arkansas |
| Asian American | An American who is of Asian descent |
| Bay Stater | A native or resident of Massachusetts |
| Bostonian | A native or resident of Boston |
| Californian | A native or resident of California |
| Carolinian | A native or resident of the Carolinas |
| Coloradan | A native or resident of Colorado |
| Connecticuter | A native or resident of Connecticut |
| Creole | A person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) |
| Delawarean, Delawarian | A native or resident of Delaware |
| Floridian | A native or resident of Florida |
| Franco-American | An American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French |
| Georgian | A native or resident of the American state of Georgia |
| German American | An American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German |
| Hawaiian | A native or resident of Hawaii |
| Idahoan | A native or resident of Idaho |
| Illinoisan | A native or resident of Illinois |
| Indianan, Hoosier | A native or resident of Indiana |
| Iowan | A native or resident of Iowa |
| Kansan | A native or resident of Kansas |
| Kentuckian, Bluegrass Stater | A native or resident of Kentucky |
| Louisianan, Louisianian | A native or resident of Louisiana |
| Mainer, Down Easter | A native or resident of Maine |
| Marylander | A native or resident of Maryland |
| Michigander, Wolverine | A native or resident of Michigan |
| Minnesotan, Gopher | A native or resident of Minnesota |
| Mississippian | A native or resident of Mississippi |
| Missourian | A native or resident of Missouri |
| Montanan | A native or resident of Montana |
| Nebraskan, Cornhusker | A native or resident of Nebraska |
| Nevadan | A native or resident of Nevada |
| New Englander, Yankee | An American who lives in New England |
| New Hampshirite, Granite Stater | A native or resident of New Hampshire |
| New Jerseyan, New Jerseyite, Garden Stater | A native of resident of New Jersey |
| New Mexican | A native or resident of New Mexico |
| New Yorker | A native or resident of New ... / New York (especially of New York City) |
| Nisei | A person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan |
| North Carolinian, Tarheel | A native or resident of North Carolina |
| North Dakotan | A native or resident of North Dakota |
| Ohioan, Buckeye | A native or resident of Ohio |
| Oklahoman, Sooner | A native or resident of Oklahoma |
| Oregonian, Beaver | A native or resident of Oregon |
| Pennsylvanian, Keystone Stater | A native or resident of Pennsylvania |
| Puerto Rican | A native or resident of Puerto Rico |
| Rhode Islander | A native or resident of Rhode Island |
| South Carolinian | A native or resident of South Carolina |
| South Dakotan | A native or resident of South Dakota |
| Southerner | An American who lives in the South |
| Spanish American, Hispanic American, Hispanic | An American whose first language is Spanish |
| Tennessean, Volunteer | A native or resident of Tennessee |
| Texan | A native or resident of Texas |
| Tory | An American who favored the British side during the American Revolution |
| Utahan | A native or resident of Utah |
| Vermonter | A native or resident of Vermont |
| Virginian | A native or resident of Virginia |
| Washingtonian | A native or resident of the state of Washington |
| Washingtonian | A native or resident of the city of Washington |
| West Virginian | A native or resident of West Virginia |
| Wisconsinite, Badger | A native or resident of Wisconsin |
| Wyomingite | A native or resident of Wyoming |
| Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle | An American (especially to non-Americans) |
| Yankee, Yank, Northerner | An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) |
| Broader | inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller | A person who inhabits a particular place |
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| Spanish | americano, estadounidense, norteamericano |
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| Catalan | americà, nord-americà |
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| Adjectives | American | of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture |
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| Verbs | Americanize | make American in character |
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