Definition of Native american

1. Noun. Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived.


2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages. "Indian arrowheads"

Definition of Native american

1. Noun. An American Indian, especially in the United States. ¹

2. Adjective. Of the American Indians. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Native American

National Science Foundation
National Security Agency
National Security Council
National Socialism
National Socialist
National Socialist German Workers' Party
National Socialists
National Technical Information Service
National Trust
National Weather Service
Nationalist China
Nationaol Science Foundation
Native Alaskan
Native American
Native Americans
Native Californian
Native Hawaiian
Nativity
Nativity Scene
Natore District
Natrix
Natrix maura
Natrix natrix
Natrix sipedon
Nats
Natta
Nattalie
Natterer's slaty antshrike

Literary usage of Native american

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The burning of the Convent of the Ursuline nuns at Charleston, Mass., in 1834, by a native american mob, and their cruel treatment of the unoffending nuns ..."

2. Federal Historic Preservation Laws by Sara K. Blumenthal (1994)
"native american Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Hawaiian Natives Historic ... An Act To provide for the protection of native american graves, ..."

3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"Resolutions were adopted favoring the establishment of a native American newspaper and the appointment of committees to solicit subscriptions for it in ..."

4. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Programs for native american Populations Smokeless tobacco use by native american youth on reservations is higher than that of other groups (Schinke et al. ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"He further explains that it was the fundamental myth in the religious lore of American nations; and declares his opinion that in this native American belief ..."

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