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African American

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A black American of African ancestry.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of African-American.
  • noun Alternative spelling of African-American.

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Examples

  • I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • "When I mentioned the term African American, Marilyn grimaced and said," I cringe when people refer to me as an African American.

    Right Wing News 2009

  • I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • One reader of an online column by an Argentine journalist who referred to the president-elect as a negro -- the term African American is seldom used south of the border -- posted a comment saying, ` ` Enough of using the word negro. ''

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • When did Hawaii stop refering to people's race as African and use the new term African American?

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Years later Langston eventually introduced me to two women who assisted us in the development of our black musicians' organization, which we called the African American

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Years later Langston eventually introduced me to two women who assisted us in the development of our black musicians' organization, which we called the African American

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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