Advertisement

Advertisement

Middle American

adjective

  1. of or relating to the territories between the US and South America or their inhabitants
  2. of or relating to the US middle class, esp those groups that are politically conservative


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Middle America
  2. a member of the US middle class

Discover More

Example Sentences

They also lived the life of a Middle-American town: “high school football on Friday night, Little League, neighborhood barbecue.”

What does it say about progress when the most mainstream, Middle-American comic book introduces a gay character?

I was sort of middle-American “aw, shucks” guy for a big part of my career, so the extrovert is always fun.

A taxonomic study of the middle-American snake, Pituophis deppei.

None of the Middle American Eleutherodactylus has the two bones fused.

More exhaustive accounts will be included in a monograph, now in preparation, on the Middle American hylids.

Smilisca is an excellent example of an Autochthonous Middle American genus.

A review of the Middle American tree frogs of the genus Ptychohyla.

Advertisement

Word of the Day

petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

Meaning and examples

Start each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement