Native American
Native American noun: a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Also the alternative letter-case form of native American.
Noun (1)
Native American (plural Native Americans)
- A member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Native American.
- In particular, a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of North America, or sometimes in particular the United States.
- One of Chomsky's most recent books, Year 501: the Conquest Continues (1993), offers a panoramic view of what he sees as five hundred years of US terror and oppression, beginning with the treatment of the Native Americans and continuing through the Gulf War.1998, Philip Green, Robert Benewick (editors), The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-century Political Thinkers, page 43
Adjective
Native American (comparative more Native American, superlative most Native American)
- Of the American Indians.
Noun (2) capitalized: native American
native American (plural native Americans)
- A resident of the United States who is not an immigrant.
- His name, as given on the records, was Joe Slater, or Slaader, and his appearance was that of the typical denizen of the Catskill Mountain region; one of those strange, repellent scions of a primitive colonial peasant stock whose isolation for nearly three centuries in the hilly fastnesses of a...1919, H. P. Lovecraft, Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Also used as
Native American is also the alternative letter-case form of native American.
Synonyms of Native American
- American Indian
- Amerindian
- First American
- Indian
- Indigenous American
- Indigenous North American
- NDN
- Amerind
- Injun
- Red Indian
Forms of Native American
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Native Americans |
| plural | native Americans |
| alternative form | Native American |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Native American |
| superlative | most Native American |
Words formed from Native American
Questions about Native American
- What does Native American mean?
- Native American means a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- What part of speech is Native American?
- Native American can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Native American?
- The plural of Native American is Native Americans.
Words near Native American in the dictionary
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