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North American, n. and a.
[f. North America the name of the northern part of the continent of America including Central America, Mexico, U.S., and Canada.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of North America, esp. of the United States or Canada.
1766Franklin Observ. Wks. 1887 III. 501 Did ever any North-American bring his hemp to England for this bounty? 1783A. Stokes Brit. Colonies 144 The North Americans will refuse them their assistance. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 1 The man of America—the Original North American..the ‘Indian’ as he is called. Ibid. III. 413 The brave North American was dead. 1974‘E. Anthony’ Malaspiga Exit ii. 25 You could disguise every feature except the magnificent dentistry of the North Americans.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to North America or its inhabitants; belonging to or characteristic of North America, living in North America, etc.
1770J. Otis in W. Tudor Life J. Otis (1823) 476 My humble North American word of honour for it, my lord, these volumes will hurt neither thee, nor thy master. 1771Franklin Autobiogr. (1909) 171 This was the mother of all the North American subscription libraries, now so numerous. 1775Burke Speech on Conciliation with America 22 Mar. in Wks. II (1792) 31 The export trade to the colonies consists of three great branches. The African..the West Indian; and the North-American. 1776(title) The North-American and the West-Indian Gazetteer. 1783(title) The North-American Calendar. 1837Southern Lit. Messenger III. 695 A declaration of the independence of the North American States. 1880G. W. Cable Grandissimes iv. 23 She had..the nerve of the true North American Indian. 1916G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion p. li, Jesus himself had referred to that psalm (lxxxii) in which men who have judged unjustly and accepted the persons of the wicked (including by anticipation practically all the white inhabitants of the British Isles and the North American continent, to mention no other places) are condemned. 1923A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. xiii. 356 It would be extravagant to maintain that throughout the North American continent every matrilineal tribe was culturally more advanced than every patrilineal one. 1949Chicago Tribune 8 Nov. 1. 12/2 The very rich head of a business is vanishing as rapidly as the North American Indian. 1952Oxf. Jun. Encycl. X. 105/1 The example of the North American colonists roused other oppressed colonists to bid for freedom. 1959M. Schlauch Eng. Lang. iii. 78 Words connected with the life of North American Indians also appeared after 1600. 1974E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 96 He was still speaking Spanish but adulterating it now with..North American business jargon. 1975Country Life 6 Nov. 1250/3 Q[uercus] coccinea is the North American scarlet oak. |