Italian–Americanadj.n.
/ᵻˌtaljənəˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ᵻˈtæljənəˈmɛrəkən/ Originally U.S.
A. adj.
Of, designating, or relating to Americans of Italian origin or descent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > by country of origin
African1722
American1761
Low Dutch1774
Pennsylvania Dutch1792
Anglo-American1797
Irish-American1820
Africo-American1825
American African1826
Afro-American1831
Polish-American1850
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1854
Russo-American1878
African American1885
Senegambian1911
Afrikan1929
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1950
Amerasian1965
Chicano1966
Anglo1968
Tejano1978
1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 26 Jan. 3/4 A Committee..was appointed to inquire into the case of Carbone, an Italian American citizen, unjustly arrested and detained in Italy.
1889 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. 10/7 That scarcely seems a good reason why an Irish-American boy, an Italian-American boy, a Polish-American boy, and an American-American boy—if you will overlook the expression—of a certain class should say ‘der’ for ‘the’.
1938 Italians of N.Y. (Federal Writers' Project) x. 163 A writer of many popular novels on Italian-American themes was Ettore Moffa.
2002 Sight & Sound Apr. 44/2 As in another recent Italian-American restaurant movie Big Night, we can gawp at culinary panache.
B. n.
An Italian–American person.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
1873 Boston Daily Globe 16 Sept. 1/3 It would be La Voce del Populo, the organ of the Italian-Americans, which from first to last sounded the alarm and wielded a great influence.
1912 A. C. Train Courts, Criminals & Camorra ix. 232 These are young Italian-Americans who allow themselves to be supported by one or two women.
1959 Times 18 Mar. 11/7 The Italian-Americans are now coming to the fore in the political arena.
2002 F. Broughton & B. Brewster How to DJ (Properly) 56 This Brooklyn-born Italian-American was the first DJ to mix records in a way that DJs do today.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.n.1854