african-american

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african american (enc)

Noun	1.	African-American - an American whose ancestors were born in Africa Afro-American, Black American American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
Adj.	1.	African-American - pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American" Afro-American black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

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