"Americano" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Americanos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Americano (countable and uncountable, plural Americanos)
  1. (countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of americano. Tags: alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: americano
    Sense id: en-Americano-en-noun-ImmZd3R~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (countable, imitating non-native speakers or in their context) An American. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Americano-en-noun-c4YENDSP

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2005, Victoria Perrett, Survive Divorce: Your Route Through the Financial and Emotional Maze, The Infinite Ideas Company Limited, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "text": "Obviously, it will take a while to develop a circle of mates as good as the ones in Friends, especially as you’re going through a big change in your life, so be patient. And even if you find yourself sitting on your mum’s sofa eating Rich Tea biscuits for the third time this week instead of drinking Americano at Central Perk, don’t panic!",
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          "ref": "1897 January 23, Punch, page 40:",
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          "ref": "1916, P[ercival] C[hristopher] Wren, The Wages Of Virtue, published 1949, page 112:",
          "text": "“Soyez le bien venu, Monsieur Jean Boule et Monsieur Bronco. Che cosa posso offrirvi?” and, as they seated themselves at a small round table near the bar, hastened to bring the wine favoured by these favoured customers—the so gentle English Signor, gentilhomme, (doubtless once a milord, a nobile), and the so gentle, foolish Americano, so slow and strong, who looked at her with eyes of love, kind eyes, with a good true love.",
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          "ref": "1939, Peter Cheyney, Don’t Get Me Wrong, published 1943, page 11:",
          "text": "“It is a great pleasure to hear a Spanish song sung with such feeling by an Americano.” “An’ how did you know I was an Americano,” I crack at him, in English.",
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          "ref": "1991, Allan David Heskin, The Struggle for Community, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 54:",
          "text": "When the election started, the Americanos did try and raise a technical objection to the candidacy of the Latina in question, but this was quickly dismissed before it became an issue.",
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          "ref": "2003, William Penn, The Panama Conspiracy, iUniverse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“[…] Our Chinese comrades are planning an all-out invasion of Taiwan.” “The Americanos will never permit that to happen,” objected Castro.",
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          "ref": "2008, Elmer Kelton, Many a River, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN, page 170:",
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          "text": "When the election started, the Americanos did try and raise a technical objection to the candidacy of the Latina in question, but this was quickly dismissed before it became an issue.",
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