amer-asian
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Amerasian (əˌmɛrˈeɪʃən, əˌmɛrˈeɪʒən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person of mixed American and Asian parentage; used especially to refer to someone with an American father and an Asian mother |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of or relating to Amerasians |
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Amer-asian
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Word Origin & History
Amerasian
1966, from American + Asian, coined in ref. to children fathered by U.S. servicemen stationed in Asia.
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