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AFRICAN-AMERICAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with African ancestry,
Example:
Negroid
Synonyms:
African-American; Black; Negro; Negroid
Classified under:
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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
Example:
African-American culture
Synonyms:
African-American; Afro-American
Classified under:
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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