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one hundred percent American

one hundred percent American noun: an American who is white, native-born, and Protestant.

Noun

one hundred percent American (plural one hundred percent Americans)

  1. (dated, politically incorrect) An American who is white, native-born, and Protestant.
    • On the other hand, a man with the external earmarks of the old American stock is accepted uncritically as a one hundred percent American. […] For the average Klansman, apparently, one hundred percent Americanism is often identified with the crude and unreasoned emotional enthusiasms that are...1972, Myron A. Marty, Retracing Our Steps: Studies in Documents from the American Past, Canfield Press, →ISBN, page 211

Forms of one hundred percent American

pluralone hundred percent Americans

Questions about one hundred percent American

What does one hundred percent American mean?
One hundred percent American means an American who is white, native-born, and Protestant.
What part of speech is one hundred percent American?
One hundred percent American is a noun.
What is the plural of one hundred percent American?
The plural of one hundred percent American is one hundred percent Americans.

Words near one hundred percent American in the dictionary

  1. one hundred
  2. one hundred and one
  3. one hundred million
  4. one hundred per cent
  5. one hundred percent
  6. one hundred percent American
  7. one hundred percent Americans
  8. one hundred thousand
  9. one in a million
  10. one in the eye for
  11. one in the same

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