411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Afro-American
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Afroameričan
English
Alternative forms
en Aframerican Afromerican
Etymology
en :af Afro- American + 1
Noun
en dated A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.
en African-American
en Frederick Douglass Douglass Frederick Blessings of Liberty and Education 3 September 1894 Manassas, Virginia https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/blessings-of-liberty-and-education/ That great battle was won, not because the victim of slavery was a negro, mulatto, or an Afro-American, but because the victim of slavery was a man and a brother to all other men, a child of God, and could claim with all mankind a common Father, and therefore should be recognized as an accountable being, a subject of government, and entitled to justice, liberty and equality before the law, and every where else.
Translations
African-American
Adjective
-
en dated Of African-American heritage or culture.
en African-American
en August 5 2004 "Zonee" Ungratefull fucking pizza boi.... alt.pizza.delivery.drivers http://groups.google.com/group/alt.pizza.delivery.drivers/browse_thread/thread/35a365f7eaf09aca/2ec096266175d0bf?lnk=st&q=boi#2ec096266175d0bf 2008 March 9 I inadvertently gave the afro-american delivery boi a $5 tip probably due to the fact that I had pickled a few brain cells.
Translations
African-American
See also
en black person of color negro Afro-Latin Afro-Russian
See also
en Euro-American
en Culture American demonyms