American vs Amerasian - What's the difference?
american | amerasian |
An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; an American Indian. (Now chiefly with qualifying word.)
* 2007 , James Twitchell, Shopping for God, p 47
* 1711 , (Joseph Addison), The Spectator , 56.1:
* 2012 , (Jonathan Keates), ‘Mon Père, ce héros’, Literary Review , 402:
An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American'', ''Central American'' or ''South American.
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.
* 2008 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 9 Aug 2008:
The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
* 1942', We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in '''American . — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)
Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, .
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a person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia during the Vietnam Era
* 1995 Steven DeBonis, Children of the enemy: oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians and their mothers, McFarland, p125
* 2005 Trin Yarborough, Surviving twice: Amerasian children of the Vietnam War, Brassey's, px.
* 2010 Ilona Bray, Loida Nicolas Lewis & Ruby Lieberman, How to Get a Green Card, Nolo, p156
of mixed American and Asian parentage
* 1980 Geo , Volume 2, Issue 2, p80
* 1998 Peter Conn, Pearl S. Buck: a cultural biography, Cambridge University Press, p365
* 2004 Anni P. Baker, American soldiers overseas: the global military presence, Greenwood Publishing Group, p119
As nouns the difference between american and amerasian
is that american is an indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; an American Indian. (Now chiefly with qualifying word. while Amerasian is a person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia during the Vietnam Era.As adjectives the difference between american and amerasian
is that american is of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American. while Amerasian is of mixed American and Asian parentage.As a proper noun American
is the English language as spoken in the USA; American English.american
English
Noun
(en noun)- And in the efforts of American Muslims to achieve a more market-savvy Islam. Just look at Wicca
- The Americans believe that all creatures have souls.
- Within a few months the ‘slave Alexandre’ had been successfully transformed into what, across the Channel, was called a ‘blackamoor dandy’. Parisians preferred the more politely euphemistic term ‘American ’.
- Every American' s origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Asia and a migration to the New World over frozen Bering Strait turns out to be correct.
- They say Americans don't walk. Well, they do in the Navajo Nation - because even if northern Arizona has gigabytes of photogenic vistas, getting out of the car is the only way to get your boots covered in desert dust and soak up the silence.
Synonyms
*Western Hemispherian, New Worlder * AmericuntDerived terms
* Central American * North American * South American * AmericanoidProper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
- He married an American''' woman in order to get an '''American passport.
- Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor.
Usage notes
Sometimes (usually outside of the USA) used pejoratively (see also anti-Americanism).Synonyms
* Western Hemispherian, New Worlder * (US American) United Statesian, USAian, Usanian, Usonian, US American, US-ian; (in Cockney rhyming slang: ) Septic, UsonanHypernyms
* (US American) North AtlanticistDerived terms
(terms derived from American) * Americanese * Americanism * Americanize * Americanization * American aloe * American ash * American Black English * American chameleon * American crocodile * American dream * American dun-bar * American eagle * American elm * American English * American Falls * American Fork * American foxhound * American fries * American goldfinch * American gothic * American Legion * American option * American pit bull terrier * American plan * American Revised Version * American Revolution * American saddle horse * American share * American shorthair * American Spanish * American Staffordshire terrier * American Standard Version * American style option * American Thanksgiving * American War of Independence * American water spaniel * Latin-American Spanish * US Americans (American)See also
* Yankee * YankReferences
* (North America) * (South America) * (United States of America)Anagrams
* * * English eponymsamerasian
English
Noun
(en noun)- I am an Amerasian , why am I not allowed to stay here legally? Why do you try to keep me out, why do you discriminate against me?
- By contrast, the average age of the Amerasian AHA immigrant arriving in America was seventeen – about one year younger than the average age of U.S. servicemen in Vietnam during the war.
- The Amerasian's spouse and minor, unmarried children are eligible to immigrate along with him or her.
Adjective
(-)- Keane's speeches have not reduced the number of Amerasian births, but a decade of sleuthing has helped nearly 600 Amerasian orphans find new homes in the United States.
- In the mid-1960s, a letter arrives from his Amerasian son, now twelve years old and victimized by poverty [...]
- Interestingly, however (and fortunately for the children), Amerasian parentage held virtually no stigma in the Phillupines, in contrast to the situation in other Asian nations such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam [...]