Mid-Americanadj.n.

Brit.

/mɪdəˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌmɪdəˈmɛr(ə)k(ə)n/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., American adj.

Etymology: < mid adj. + American adj. Compare earlier Middle American adj. and n., and slightly later Mid-America n.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to the geographical region comprising Central America, Mexico, and the Antilles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective] > Central America

Central American1824

Sonoran1857

Mid-American1859

Middle American1910

Mesoamerican1948

1859 U.S. Democratic Rev. Apr. 18 The political relations of the island [sc. Cuba] to England..have experienced a radical change. The conduct of the British naval commanders in the mid-American waters last winter, sustains this view.

1899 Science 13 Jan. 65/2 The thirty-sixth chapter (‘Geological Features of the West Indies’) is the most convenient summary extant of..this half-submerged portion of the mid-American continent.

1905 Biometrika 4 185 Among the South- and Mid-American populations..the women beginning to bear at 13 and continuing to 50, have been recorded!

1974 Science 27 Dec. 1209/2 The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Cape Verde Islands, the Mid-American Trench, and the Flemish Cap have each had a detectable influence on the altimeter-sensed ocean surface topography.

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle part of the United States, esp. the Midwest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > Western States > mid-west

Middle Western1797

Middle American1851

Midwestern1886

Midwest1905

Mid-American1906

1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 518 The growing mid-American metropolis [sc. Chicago] has been constantly drawing to itself men with unique points of view.

1918 S. Anderson (title) Mid-American chants.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 96 288 Mid-American cotton was down and..Lincoln half hogs registered a considerable fall.

1970 Jrnl. Sex Res. 6 125 It has been said that our data reflects a mid-American bias.

1989 Sport Dec. 56/1 Redshirt soph Chandler Thompson has been called ‘the best prospect in the Mid-American Conference’.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of Mid-America (Mid-America n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of

New Englander1637

bayman1641

New English1647

Novangle1650

Novanglian1752

Yankee1765

cracker1766

Yank?1778

bushwhacker1809

tuckahoe1816

southerner1817

Yengees1819

muskrat1823

blue belly1827

half horse and half alligator1828

Southron1828

northerner1831

westerner1835

Northman1836

Easterner1838

Far-Wester1843

southwesterner1845

western1846

sand-hiller1848

Vineyarder1851

mountain boomer1859

Far Westerner1862

blue-nosed Yankee1866

Appalachian1888

sloper1892

Ozarkian1893

rebel1895

reb1897

Middle Westerner1899

hillbilly1900

Midwesterner1916

Ozarker1920

Geechee1926

Middle American1944

upstater1944

Mid-American1959

1959 Bull. Hist. & Philos. Soc. Ohio 17 38 (heading) William Holmes McGuffey—Mid-American.

1962 (title) The mid-American.

1970 Jrnl. Sex Res. 6 113 (title) Group sex among the mid-Americans.

1999 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 19 Apr. 78 Regional McDonald's TV is strong; WalMart ads play right to mid-Americans.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-american
释义	Mid-Americanadj.n. Brit. /mɪdəˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɪdəˈmɛr(ə)k(ə)n/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., American adj. Etymology: < mid adj. + American adj. Compare earlier Middle American adj. and n., and slightly later Mid-America n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the geographical region comprising Central America, Mexico, and the Antilles. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective] > Central America Central American1824 Sonoran1857 Mid-American1859 Middle American1910 Mesoamerican1948 1859 U.S. Democratic Rev. Apr. 18 The political relations of the island [sc. Cuba] to England..have experienced a radical change. The conduct of the British naval commanders in the mid-American waters last winter, sustains this view. 1899 Science 13 Jan. 65/2 The thirty-sixth chapter (‘Geological Features of the West Indies’) is the most convenient summary extant of..this half-submerged portion of the mid-American continent. 1905 Biometrika 4 185 Among the South- and Mid-American populations..the women beginning to bear at 13 and continuing to 50, have been recorded! 1974 Science 27 Dec. 1209/2 The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Cape Verde Islands, the Mid-American Trench, and the Flemish Cap have each had a detectable influence on the altimeter-sensed ocean surface topography. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle part of the United States, esp. the Midwest. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > Western States > mid-west Middle Western1797 Middle American1851 Midwestern1886 Midwest1905 Mid-American1906 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 518 The growing mid-American metropolis [sc. Chicago] has been constantly drawing to itself men with unique points of view. 1918 S. Anderson (title) Mid-American chants. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 96 288 Mid-American cotton was down and..Lincoln half hogs registered a considerable fall. 1970 Jrnl. Sex Res. 6 125 It has been said that our data reflects a mid-American bias. 1989 Sport Dec. 56/1 Redshirt soph Chandler Thompson has been called ‘the best prospect in the Mid-American Conference’. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Mid-America (Mid-America n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of New Englander1637 bayman1641 New English1647 Novangle1650 Novanglian1752 Yankee1765 cracker1766 Yank?1778 bushwhacker1809 tuckahoe1816 southerner1817 Yengees1819 muskrat1823 blue belly1827 half horse and half alligator1828 Southron1828 northerner1831 westerner1835 Northman1836 Easterner1838 Far-Wester1843 southwesterner1845 western1846 sand-hiller1848 Vineyarder1851 mountain boomer1859 Far Westerner1862 blue-nosed Yankee1866 Appalachian1888 sloper1892 Ozarkian1893 rebel1895 reb1897 Middle Westerner1899 hillbilly1900 Midwesterner1916 Ozarker1920 Geechee1926 Middle American1944 upstater1944 Mid-American1959 1959 Bull. Hist. & Philos. Soc. Ohio 17 38 (heading) William Holmes McGuffey—Mid-American. 1962 (title) The mid-American. 1970 Jrnl. Sex Res. 6 113 (title) Group sex among the mid-Americans. 1999 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 19 Apr. 78 Regional McDonald's TV is strong; WalMart ads play right to mid-Americans. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1859
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