african-american
//ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən//
Forms
- Plural
- african-americans
- Comparative
- more african-american
- Superlative
- most african-american
Definitions
1.A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
2.Any black American person; by extension, any black person.(offensive)
1.Black.(offensive)
2.Of a person, pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.
- The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month.
3.Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4162
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.