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Hyphenated American

Webster's Dictionary

An American who is referred to by a hyphenated term with the first word indicating an origin in a foreign country, and the second term being "American", as Irish-American, Italian-American.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hyphenated American'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hyphenated-american.html. 1828.