African-American
nounadjectiveattested in dialogue
- //ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən//
A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
noun
- 1
A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
- 2
Any black American person; by extension, any black person.
Etymology
Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.
adjective
- 1
Of a person, pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.
The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month.
- 2
Black.
- 3
Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.
African-American music
Forms
- plural
- African-Americans
- comparative
- more African-American
- superlative
- most African-American
African-American · A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
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