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All-Americans

All-Americans is the plural of All-American.

Meaning of All-American

Noun

All-American (plural All-Americans)

  1. (US) A person or a team, or some other thing, regarded as the best in the United States; a team composed entirely of members who are each the best from their state, league, or region.
    • [Bennie] Oosterbaan won letters in football, basketball, and baseball, and was selected as an All-American end for three successive years.1930, “Athletics”, in George E. Leonard, editor, Michiganensian of 1930, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Published by the Senior Class of the University of Michigan, →OCLC, page 191

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Noun capitalized: all-Americans

all-Americans

  1. (plural) plural of all-American

Questions about All-Americans

What is All-Americans the plural of?
All-Americans is the plural of All-American.
What part of speech is All-Americans?
All-Americans is a noun.

Words near All-Americans in the dictionary

  1. all-
  2. all-a-mort
  3. All-America
  4. All-American
  5. all-Americanness
  6. All-Americans
  7. all-around
  8. all-arounder
  9. all-arounders
  10. all-as-one
  11. all-becrushing

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