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    AFRICAN-AMERICAN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person with African ancestry,play

    Example:

    Negroid

    Synonyms:

    African-American; Black; Negro; Negroid

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("African-American" is a kind of...):

    individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "African-American"):

    soul brother (a fellow Black man)

    picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)

    Derivation:

    African-American (pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestryplay

    Example:

    African-American culture

    Synonyms:

    African-American; Afro-American

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    black (of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin)

    Derivation:

    African-American (a person with African ancestry,)

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