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all-A⋅mer⋅i⋅can

  [awl-uh-mer-i-kuhn]
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–adjective
1. representing the entire United States.
2. composed exclusively of American members or elements.
3. selected as the best in the United States, as in a sport: the all-American college football team of 1983.
–noun
4. an all-American player or performer.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
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all-A·mer·i·can   (ôl'ə-měr'ĭ-kən)
adj.  

  1. Representative of the people of the United States or their ideals; typically American: an all-American family; their all-American generosity.

  2. Sports Chosen as the best amateur in the United States at a particular position or event: an all-American fullback.

  3. Composed entirely of Americans or American materials: an all-American negotiating team; cars of all-American manufacture.

  4. Of all the American nations: an all-American conference.

n.  often All-American An all-American athlete.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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