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English
Alternative spellings
- U.S. American, U. S. American, US-American
Noun
US American (plural US Americans)
- (rare) An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to others who might be called Americans.
- 2004 Urs Eggli & Leonard E. Newton, Etymological dictionary of succulent plant names, page 30:
- [Species] bradyi [named] For Major L. G. Brady (fl. 1960), US-American who discovered the taxon
- 2004 Gwyneth Olofsson, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh—: cultural Q&As for successful business behavior around the world, page 56:
- I've heard a Canadian say that citizens of the U.S. should really be called USians, but somehow I don't think it will catch on. Instead, if you talk about U.S. Americans, Canadians, Brazilians, and so on, nobody should be offended.
- 2005 Pauline T. Newton, Transcultural women of late twentieth-century U.S. American literature, page 139:
- To Mai, Aunt Mary is another role model, one who is a native-born U.S. American who knows the country's tricks
- 2004 Urs Eggli & Leonard E. Newton, Etymological dictionary of succulent plant names, page 30:
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