South Americanadj.n.

1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 219 The South American Pole..is counterpoized by the contrary attraction of the North-American and the Asian-South Pole.

1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane i. 31 The cherimoya, a South-American fruit, is by all, who have tasted both, allowed to surpass the pine.

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. viii. 820 The quassi, quashee, or Surinam bitter-wood, was first noticed at Demarara, the Dutch settlement on the South-American continent.

1820 Times 11 Mar. 3/5 (heading) South-American affairs.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 448 The empire of Brazil..is the principal South American state washed by the Atlantic.

1869 Month Jan. 82 The same operation could be carried on in the South American plains.

1906 E. Ingersoll Life Animals: Mammals 43 The howlers, arguatos, or alluates are the largest and most powerful of South American apes and the dullest.

1950 T. D. McCown in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. i. 2 The osseous human remains and the artifacts of human manufacture..have been accumulated mainly by European and South American scientists over a period of about 100 years.

1976 ‘A. Hall’ Kobra Manifesto xi. 153 Half the people in the queue were South American Indians.

2001 GQ Nov. 279/2 With free Salsa classes, live Latin Bands and DJ's plus an authentic South American menu, we'll have you dancing salsa and sippin' caiprinhas all night long!

1746 Museum 1 Index 525/2 Character of the South Americans.

1759 tr. L. A. Muratori Relation Missions of Paraguay iv. 31 (heading) The religion of the wild South-Americans.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 199 The simple native South-Americans.

1826 F. B. Head Rough Notes Pampas 306 The Spanish South Americans have certainly become independent of the government of Spain.

1863 T. W. Hinchliff S. Amer. Sketches viii. 173 Spaniards, Italians and South Americans have a vile habit of using the knife.

1913 A. S. Peck S. Amer. Tour xxxiii. 361 The manufacturer..should understand that the South Americans in general are not eager to trade with us.

1943 H. F. Artucio Nazi Octopus in S. Amer. i. i. 7 This book is a summing up of experiences and observations which might have been those of any South American who believed in the principles of democracy.

1979 Guardian 23 Oct. 28/5 The race got off to a bad start, blamed on Europeans and South Americans surging forward before the signal went off.

2004 J. Gonzalez & T. E. Sherer Compl. Idiot's Guide to Geogr. (ed. 2) iv. xviii. 236 With about 176 million inhabitants, Brazil is home to more than half of all South Americans.