Afro-American

Af·ro-A·mer·i·can

(ăf′rō-ə-mĕr′ĭ-kən)n. An African American.

Af′ro-A·mer′i·can adj.

n, adj another word for African-American Usage: This word has been replaced in general use by African-American

(ˈæf rɪ kən əˈmɛr ɪ kən)

n. 1. a black American of African descent. adj. 2. of or pertaining to African-Americans. [1860–65, Amer.] usage: See black.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Afro-American - an American whose ancestors were born in AfricaAfrican American, African-American, Black AmericanAmerican - a native or inhabitant of the United States
Adj.	1.	Afro-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"African-Americanblack - 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.

Translations

Afro-American

Related to Afro-American: Black Americans