AFRICAN AMERICAN meaning: Ethnic group of African descent

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word african american:

General (20 matching dictionaries)

African-American, African American: Merriam-Webster
African American: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
African American: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
African-American, African-American: Collins English Dictionary
African-American, African American: Vocabulary.com
African-American, african-american: Wordnik
African-American, African American: Wiktionary
African-American: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
African-American: Infoplease Dictionary
african-american, african american: Dictionary.com
african-american: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
African-American, African-American (U.S. Census), African American (U.S. Census), African American, African american: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
African-american: Rhymezone
african-american, african american: FreeDictionary.org
african-american, african american: Mnemonic Dictionary
African-American, African American: TheFreeDictionary.com
african american: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
African American: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

African-American, African American: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
African-American, African American: Medical dictionary
African-American, African American: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (African American)

▸ adjective: Alternative spelling of African-American [(of a person) Pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.]
▸ noun: Alternative spelling of African-American [A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.]

Phrases:

African American vernacular English, african american music, african american english, african american muslims, National Museum of African American History and Culture, more...

Adjectives:

native, colored, maroon, caucasian, negroid, negro, cabre, nazi, nat'ral, black, swart

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