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Amerasian

/ˌæm.əˈɹeɪ.ʒən/

Amerasian noun: a person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia.

Noun

Amerasian (plural Amerasians)

  1. A person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia.
    • 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?1995, Steven DeBonis, Children of the enemy: oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians and their mothers, McFarland, page 125
    • 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.2005, Trin Yarborough, Surviving twice: Amerasian children of the Vietnam War, Brassey's

Adjective

Amerasian (not comparable)

  1. Of mixed American and Asian parentage.
    • 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.1980, Geo, volume 2, number 2, page 80
    • In the mid-1960s, a letter arrives from his Amerasian son, now twelve years old and victimized by poverty […]1998, Peter Conn, Pearl S. Buck: a cultural biography, Cambridge University Press, page 365

Forms of Amerasian

pluralAmerasians

Origin of Amerasian

Blend of American + Asian, modelled after Eurasian.

Words that rhyme with Amerasian

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Questions about Amerasian

What does Amerasian mean?
Amerasian means a person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia.
What part of speech is Amerasian?
Amerasian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Amerasian?
Amerasian is pronounced /ˌæm.əˈɹeɪ.ʒən/.
What is the plural of Amerasian?
The plural of Amerasian is Amerasians.

Words near Amerasian in the dictionary

  1. amenukal
  2. AMEPD
  3. AMEPDs
  4. amer.
  5. amerall
  6. Amerasian
  7. Amerasians
  8. amerce
  9. amerceable
  10. amerced
  11. amercement

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