all-American
representing the entire United States.
composed exclusively of American members or elements.
selected as the best in the United States, as in a sport: the all-American college football team of 1983.
an all-American player or performer.
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How to use all-American in a sentence
I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.
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New Balance Lobbies Congress to Make the U.S. Military's Only Running Shoe | Tim Mak | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTsongas and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) have led the charge for an all-American recruit shoe in Congress.
New Balance Lobbies Congress to Make the U.S. Military's Only Running Shoe | Tim Mak | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA powder-blue blazer with a patch reading “All-Time all-American” hung in a clear plastic bag from the closet doorknob.
Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life | Paul Hemphill | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The whole country formed itself into an all-American team that rushed onward irresistibly.
Here is the common-sense way in which an all-American quarterback performs his duties.
The Plattsburg Manual | O.O. Ellis and E.B. GareyThat rattling double play had ended the game with the all-American team a victor by a score of four to three.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickThe two halves were both veterans, and one of them the previous season had been picked for the all-American team in his position.
Bert Wilson on the Gridiron | J. W. DuffieldI'd enjoy pitting my boys against this all-American team, even if we were defeated.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for all-American
representative of the whole of the United States
composed exclusively of American members
(of a person) typically American: the company looks for all-American clean-cut college students
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