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American Indian definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived [syn: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian]
2: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians [syn: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1732 a member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the western hemisphere except often the Eskimos; especially an American Indian of North America and especially the U.S. — compare Native American • American Indian adjective

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(American Indians) American Indian people or things belong to or come from one of the native peoples of America. (mainly BRIT) ADJ: usu ADJ n • An American Indian is someone who is American Indian. (in AM, use Indian, Native American) N-COUNT