african-american

Definition of African-american in English :

an American whose ancestors were born in Africa

2. african-american, afro-american

pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry

Example Sentences:
'Afro-American culture'
'many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

African-american

noun

1.

an American of African descent

adjective

2.

of or relating to Americans of African descent

noun

1.

an American (sense 3) American (sense 3b) having ancestors from sub-Saharan Africa; black American

adjective

2.

of African-Americans or their culture; black

n.

A black American of African ancestry.