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Afro-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: 1853 an American of African and especially of black African descent • Afro-American adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to American Blacks or their culture. --n. an American Black.