Designating or relating to an American of African origin; = African American, adj.

As the second element of compounds in the sense ‘American of the specified origin or descent’. Cf. African American, adj., Afro-American, adj., Afric…

U.S. Designating the descendants of Dutch settlers in the United States; of or relating to these people or the dialects spoken by them. Now historical…

Of, relating to, or designating the descendants of the 17th and 18th-cent. German and Swiss Protestant settlers of Pennsylvania, or the dialect…

Of an American: that is of English or other white European origin. Also: of or relating to these people, their culture, customs, etc.

Designating an American of Irish origin or descent; of or relating to such a person, or to the Irish community in the United States.

= African American, adj.

Designating or relating to American Africans.

= African American, adj.

Of joint Polish and American origin; spec. of or designating Americans of Polish origin or descent.

Designating an American of Chinese origin or descent; of or relating to such a person, or to the Chinese community in the United States.

Of, designating, or relating to Americans of Italian origin or descent.

Of, belonging to, or involving both Russia (or the former Soviet Union) and the United States of America; of mixed Russian and American origin.

Often with hyphen. Designating or relating to African Americans. Cf. Afro-American, adj., Americo-African adj. n. at Americo-, comb._form affix 2.

Of or relating to Senegambia; (also) African-American.

= African, adj.

(a) n. a Mexican settler or person of Mexican descent in the United States; (b) adj. of or relating to Mexican settlers or their descendants in…

Designating Americans of Asian (chiefly East Asian or South-east Asian) descent; of or relating to Americans of such descent.

Having one American and one Asian parent; spec. having as a father an American serviceman stationed in East Asia.

Of, relating to, or designating Mexican-Americans or the varieties of English and Spanish spoken by them.

= Anglo-American, adj. 2.

Also tejano, tejanos. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mexican-American inhabitants of Texas; spec. designating or relating to tejano (see…