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Amerindian

[am-uh-rin-dee-uhn] Origin

Am·er·in·di·an

[am-uh-rin-dee-uhn]
noun
1.
Indian (def. 1).
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to Amerindians.

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Amerindian has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
Amer(ican) + indian


See Indian.

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Amerindian (ˌæməˈrɪndɪən)
 
n, —adj
a specialist word, esp in linguistics and anthropology, for American Indian
 
Amer'indic
 
adj

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Amerindian
1900, see Amerind, of which it is the derived adj.
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