Definition of american
                                                                                                    
                                                                            (adj) 
                                                                                                                                                         of or relating to the United States of America or its 
people or 
language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
                                                                        
 
                                                                    
                                                                                                                 of or relating to or 
characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American 
flora and fauna"