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Afromerican

Afromerican adjective: of or pertaining to black Americans.

Adjective

Afromerican (comparative more Afromerican, superlative most Afromerican)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to black Americans.
    • the superstar black womri professor who helped build UW's Afromerican studies department1991, Milwaukee Magazine, volume 16, numbers 7-12
    • The problem is, as a Afromerican male, when I cut my hair, I always end up with razor bumps around my hair line.2003, Perry Mason, Clean Scalp Group: alt.hair-removal

Noun

Afromerican (plural Afromericans)

  1. (rare) African-American.

Forms of Afromerican

Adjective
comparativemore Afromerican
superlativemost Afromerican
alternative formAframerican
alternative formAfro-American
Noun
pluralAfromericans

Origin of Afromerican

Blend of Afro- + American.

Questions about Afromerican

What does Afromerican mean?
Afromerican means of or pertaining to black Americans.
What part of speech is Afromerican?
Afromerican can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Afromerican in the dictionary

  1. Afrolatina
  2. AfroLatinas
  3. afrolatino
  4. Afrolatinos
  5. afrolike
  6. Afromerican
  7. Afromericans
  8. afromontane
  9. afromontoside
  10. afronaut
  11. afronauts

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