US-ian

A form of USian — Of or pertaining to the United States.

Meanings

adjectiveUS-ian (comparative more US-ian, superlative most US-ian)

comparative more US-ian · superlative most US-ian

  1. alternativeAlternative form of USian.

    Let us be urged to make our homes in Latin America, establishing US-ian colonies even as our present enemies entrenched themselves there.

    1944, Frieda Meredith Dietz, editor, The Southern Literary Messenger, volume 6, page 157
nounUS-ian (plural US-ians)

plural US-ians

  1. alternativeAlternative form of USian.

    The belief that there is a culture to which a majority of (European-American) USians belong, called "white culture," is a local cultural construction, one powereful enough to influence science and society

    1998, Stephen Garrard Post, Peter J. Whitehouse, Genetic testing for Alzheimer disease: ethical and clinical issues, 2nd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 266

Synonyms & antonyms

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