| American | |
| 1. n. Originally, a native or inhabitant of the British North American colonies of European descent; now, a person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America. | |
| 2. n. An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; a Native American or an American Indian (now chiefly with qualifying word). | |
| 3. n. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American. | |
| Every American's origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Africa and a migration to the New World from Eurasia turns out to b | |
| 4. n. (US printing rare dated) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type. | |
| 5. adj. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified with a qualifier, such as "North American", "Central American", "South American", etc. | |
| 6. adj. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture. | |
| Thanksgiving is an American tradition. | |
| He married an American woman in order to get an American passport. | |
| 7. adj. (finance) (of an option, not comparable) Can be exercised on any date between the issue date and the expiry date. | |
