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African-American definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American" [syn: African-American, Afro-American] n
1: an American whose ancestors were born in Africa [syn: African-American, African American, Afro-American, Black American]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1855 Afro-American • African-American adjective

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(African-Americans) African-Americans are black people living in the United States who are descended from families that originally came from Africa. Today African-Americans are 12 percent of the population. N-COUNT • African-American is also an adjective. ...a group of African-American community leaders. ADJ