all-American

[ awl-uh-mer-i-kuhn ]

adjective
  1. representing the entire United States.

  2. composed exclusively of American members or elements.

  1. selected as the best in the United States, as in a sport: the all-American college football team of 1983.

noun
  1. an all-American player or performer.

Origin of all-American

1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words Nearby all-American

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British Dictionary definitions for all-American

all-American

adjectiveUS
  1. representative of the whole of the United States

  2. composed exclusively of American members

  1. (of a person) typically American: the company looks for all-American clean-cut college students

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