English Explanatory Dictionary

hyphenated American

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A U.S. American with an ethnicity commonly written in hyphenated form, such as an African-American or Irish-American, emphasizing their difference from their unhyphenated compatriots.

Word forms

hyphenated American hyphenated Americans

Etymology

In use since the last decade of the 19th century.

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