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Afro-Americans

Afro-Americans is the plural of Afro-American.

Meaning of Afro-American

Noun

Afro-American (plural Afro-Americans)

  1. (dated) A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.
    • That great battle was won, not because the victim of slavery was a negro, mulatto, or an Afro-American, but because the victim of slavery was a man and a brother to all other men, a child of God, and could claim with all mankind a common Father, and therefore should be recognized as an accountable...1894 September 3, Frederick Douglass, Blessings of Liberty and Education, Manassas, Virginia

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Questions about Afro-Americans

What is Afro-Americans the plural of?
Afro-Americans is the plural of Afro-American.

Words near Afro-Americans in the dictionary

  1. afro'd
  2. Afro-
  3. Afro-America
  4. Afro-American
  5. Afro-American Vernacular English
  6. Afro-Americans
  7. Afro-Arab
  8. Afro-Arabs
  9. Afro-Argentine
  10. Afro-Argentines
  11. Afro-Argentinian

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