all-Americanadj.n.
/ˌɔːləˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌɔləˈmɛrək(ə)n/, /ˌɑləˈmɛrək(ə)n/ A. adj.
1. U.S. Sport. Designating a person selected as one of the best in all of the United States in a given sport (at a particular level of competition), or a (usually honorary or notional) team composed of such people; of or relating to such a person or team. Also in extended use.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > other attributes
scienced1818
starting1855
international1866
all-American1887
unmarked1890
fouled1898
muckerish1900
power1932
playmaking1933
open1937
wild card1940
wide-body1986
1887 Boston Daily Globe 6 Aug. 5/2 He is an experienced player... He went to England with the All American team.
1922 Caduceus of Kappa Sigma Feb. 275 Picking any sort of an all-American team was a hazardous undertaking for sport writers in 1921. All bewailed the difficulty of picking eleven men out of 300 or more superstars.
1946 R. Chandler Red Wind 203 ‘Ted Malvern, the All-American sucker,’ he said grimly.
1973 J. Outlar Between Hedges 37 Captain Joe Bennett, an all-American tackle at Georgia, was the college's first all-American choice in 1923 since Bob McWhorter in 1913.
1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 7/2 In the U.S. no awards are given for shrubs, trees or vines..except in the category of roses where A.A.R.S. stands for all-American Rose Selection.
1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 22 Sept. v. 5/2 Ismail, an outdoor All American sprinter last spring, simply outran cornerback Lawrence Hatch.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Jan. (Sports section) 2/1 She had eight blocks in a loss to No. 10 Louisville last week, including a perfectly timed denial of the all-American Angel McCoughtry.
2. Of, relating to, or involving all the peoples, countries, and cultures of North, Central, and South America; = pan-American adj.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > [adjective]
American1580
transatlantic1782
pan-American1879
New World1886
all-American1889
pseudo-American1938
1889 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. 4/4 Mr. Wiman not only exposed the utter futility of subsidies.., but he coupled this exposure with an apparent acceptance of Mr. Blaine's pet notion of an All-American customs union.
1889 Statesman Nov. 122 [A] remarkable interest [is] everywhere manifested in the All-American Congress... But this congress only deals with international relations..for this hemisphere.
1936 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 25 Apr. 12/1 He has proclaimed..that the coming All-American peace conference at Buenos Aires is a ‘promising opportunity to set an example to the world of..enlightened internationalism’.
1996 W. A. Orme Understanding NAFTA x. 236 Will the vision of an all-American free trade zone ever be realized?
2011 J. Marter Grove Encycl. Amer. Art II. 126/2 Architectural revivalists embraced Mesoamerican motifs in an attempt to establish an all-American decorative language.
3. Consisting entirely or exclusively of American persons or things; produced in America, or made by Americans.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective]
American1775
Yankee1781
Native American1793
Yankeeish1818
Americanized1840
Yankeefied1846
all-American1909
Yanqui1929
norteamericano1979
1909 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 24 Jan. 15/3 In ‘The Writing on the Wall’ Miss Nethersole appears for the first time with an all-American cast.
1925 Helena (Montana) Independent 21 Jan. 4/3 We have been told that we cannot build up an all-American personnel on our ships for the reason that the American boy will not go to sea.
1954 Life 19 Apr. 85/1 M-G-M..could still throw in an all-American lineup if it felt like it.
1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 10/3 There was only one serious all-American competitor (Smith & Wesson) in the M9 trials.
2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money Epil. 360 One of the bedrock verities of NASCAR..has always been an all-American field of cars. Detroit iron was..the only standard for the sport.
4. Representative or characteristic of the United States; idealistically or quintessentially American; spec. (of a person) healthy, clean-cut, wholesome, as all-American boy, all-American girl.
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1919 Packages Jan. 60/3 Miss Kenyon has painted what many of her admirers will say is her masterpiece. In its appealing ideality she has typified the all-American girl.
1922 Bee (Danville, Va.) 26 Jan. 8/3 (title of comic strip) The All American Family.
1967 S. Terkel Division Street xxi. 354 I don't want a Cleopatra type, talkative..I want an all American, clean-cut, pretty girl.
1977 Rolling Stone 19 May 64/1 He was the All-American boy: the smartest, cleverest, best-looking, most popular kid in school.
1988 R. L. Beranbaum Cake Bible 54 (heading) Perfect all-American chocolate butter cake.
1997 GQ Sept. 241 It's a true all-American community. It's baseball, white pitch fences, apple pie.
2008 Magnet No. 79. 100/3 Gee-whiz all-American kids sporting Roger McGuinn bowl cuts.
B. n.
A person selected as one of the best in all of the United States in a given sport (at a particular level of competition); (also) a (usually honorary or notional) team composed of such athletes.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > types of
twelve1573
county1729
colt1789
in1825
Big-side1845
offence1884
all-American1888
farm1896
farm club1896
farm team1896
dream team1911
skin1930
A-team1976
1888 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 20 Dec. The All-Americans appear to be too much for the Windy City boys.
1940 Amer. Boy Feb. 21/2 How does the 1939 All-American compare geographically with those of 1937 and 1938? The mid-western area still predominates.
1994 Madison (New Jersey) Eagle 21 July 7/1 Reilly is the seventh women's lacrosse player at Drew to be named an All-American, and the first defender ever.
2000 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 3 May b11 Kane, a regional all-American in soccer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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