English Explanatory Dictionary

Amerind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An American Indian.
adj
  1. Of or relating to a hypothetical, largely discredited higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.

Pronunciation

/ˈæməɹənd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Amerind.wav

Word forms

Amerind Amerinds

Etymology

Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.

Related words

Amerindian American Indian Indian
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