American
/əˈmɛɹɪkən/ noun A1- A citizen or national of the United States of America.
- Any inhabitant of the Americas.
- A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
- The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.
- A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.
Plural Americans
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Lauretta says that the Americans at the hotel give a concert every fortnight in aid of the Charlottetown hospital, and they ask lots of the White Sands people to recite.
I knew it by his refusal to talk about some episodes in his American life.
When the concert was over, the stout, pink lady--who was the wife of an American millionaire--took her under her wing, and introduced her to everybody; and everybody was very nice to her.
“I just wish I was a rich American and could spend my summer at a hotel and wear jewels and low-necked dresses and have ice cream and chicken salad every blessed day.
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