"African-American" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: [ˈæfɹʷɪkən əˈmɛɹʷɪkən] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-African-American.wav [US] Forms: more African-American [comparative], most African-American [superlative]
Etymology: Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s. Head templates: {{en-adj}} African-American (comparative more African-American, superlative most African-American)
  1. (of a person) pertaining to the African-American ethnicity. Synonyms: Afro-American, African American
    Sense id: en-African-American-en-adj-q6ge60eU
  2. (US, broadly, proscribed, sometimes offensive, of a person) Any person of black African descent. Tags: US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes Translations (American and black): afroamerický (Czech), Afro-Amerikaans (Dutch), afroamerikkalainen (Finnish), afrikkalaisamerikkalainen (Finnish), afro-américain [masculine] (French), afro-américaine [feminine] (French), afroamericano (Galician), აფრო-ამერიკელი (apro-ameriḳeli) (Georgian), აფროამერიკელი (aproameriḳeli) (Georgian), afroamerikanisch (German), afroamerikai (Hungarian), afroamerykański (Polish), afro-americano (Portuguese), afro-american (Romanian), afroamericano (Spanish), afroamerikansk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-African-American-en-adj-SL2aN2qd Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'American and black': 31 69 0
  3. Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.
    Sense id: en-African-American-en-adj-RNUkV1ic

Noun

IPA: [ˈæfɹʷɪkən əˈmɛɹʷɪkən] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-African-American.wav [US] Forms: African-Americans [plural]
Etymology: Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} African-American (plural African-Americans)
  1. A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent. Synonyms: Afro-American, Afromerican, unbleached American [US, archaic, slang], person of color
    Sense id: en-African-American-en-noun-goFrwkQD Categories (other): Demonyms for Americans Disambiguation of Demonyms for Americans: 8 11 0 51 30
  2. (US, broadly, proscribed, sometimes offensive) Any black person. Tags: US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes Synonyms: black, Negro [dated], colored [dated], nigger (english: highly offensive), darky (english: highly offensive, dated)
    Sense id: en-African-American-en-noun-TmR-O4cL Categories (other): American English, English autohyponyms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English quotations with omitted translation, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English autohyponyms: 11 28 0 21 41 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 0 26 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 23 0 21 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 22 0 20 46 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 10 22 0 20 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 23 1 20 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (A black American): афраамерыканец (afraamjerykanjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), afroamericà [masculine] (Catalan), hattak losa' (Chickasaw), 美國黑人 (Chinese Mandarin), 美国黑人 (Měiguó hēirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 非裔美國人 (Chinese Mandarin), 非裔美国人 (Fēiyì Měiguórén) (Chinese Mandarin), Afroameričan [masculine] (Czech), Afro-Amerikaan [masculine] (Dutch), afrik-usonano (Esperanto), afroamerikkalainen (Finnish), afrikkalaisamerikkalainen (Finnish), Afro-Américain [masculine] (French), Afro-Américaine [feminine] (French), afroamericano (Galician), Afroamerikaner [masculine] (German), Afro-Amerikaner [masculine] (German), Afroamerikanerin [feminine] (German), Afro-Amerikanerin [feminine] (German), afroamerikai (Hungarian), meiriceánaigh afracacha (Irish), アフリカ系アメリカ人 (Afurika-kei Amerika-jin) (Japanese), afroamerikānis [masculine] (Latvian), afroamerikāne [feminine] (Latvian), afroamerikaner [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Afroamerykanin [masculine] (Polish), Afroamerykanka [feminine] (Polish), afro-americano [masculine] (Portuguese), afro-americana [feminine] (Portuguese), afroamerican [masculine] (Romanian), afroamericană [feminine] (Romanian), афро-америка́нец (afro-amerikánec) [masculine] (Russian), афро-америка́нка (afro-amerikánka) [feminine] (Russian), чёрный америка́нец (čórnyj amerikánec) [masculine] (Russian), чёрная америка́нка (čórnaja amerikánka) [feminine] (Russian), америка́нский негр (amerikánskij negr) [masculine] (Russian), америка́нская негритя́нка (amerikánskaja negritjánka) [feminine] (Russian), Afroamerikanac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Afroamerikanka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), afroamericano [masculine] (Spanish), afroamericana [feminine] (Spanish), wamarekani weusi (Swahili), wamarekani wa kiafrika (Swahili), afroamerikan [common-gender] (Swedish), афроамерика́нець (afroamerykánecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), афроамерика́нка (afroamerykánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'A black American': 51 49

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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "A black American",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "word": "meiriceánaigh afracacha"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A black American",
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      "sense": "A black American",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afroamericană"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "afro-amerikánec",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афро-америка́нец"
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      "roman": "afro-amerikánka",
      "sense": "A black American",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čórnyj amerikánec",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "чёрный америка́нец"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čórnaja amerikánka",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чёрная америка́нка"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amerikánskij negr",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "америка́нский негр"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amerikánskaja negritjánka",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "америка́нская негритя́нка"
    },
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Afroamerikanac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Afroamerikanka"
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afroamericano"
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      "sense": "A black American",
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      "word": "afroamericana"
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "A black American",
      "word": "wamarekani weusi"
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      "sense": "A black American",
      "word": "wamarekani wa kiafrika"
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      "roman": "afroamerykánecʹ",
      "sense": "A black American",
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      "roman": "afroamerykánka",
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Google Ngram Viewer",
    "Jesse Jackson"
  ],
  "word": "African-American"
}

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        {
          "_dis1": "31 69 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 69 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 69 0",
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          "_dis1": "31 69 0",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "A black American",
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      "code": "cic",
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      "sense": "A black American",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Měiguó hēirén",
      "sense": "A black American",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "A black American",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "word": "afrik-usonano"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A black American",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "meiriceánaigh afracacha"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "A black American",
      "word": "アフリカ系アメリカ人"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Afroamerykanka"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "A black American",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "A black American",
      "word": "wamarekani wa kiafrika"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "afroamericano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "American and black",
      "word": "afroamerikansk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Google Ngram Viewer",
    "Jesse Jackson"
  ],
  "word": "African-American"
}

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