African

[ af-ri-kuh n ]

/ ˈæf rɪ kən /

adjective

Also Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa

noun

a native or inhabitant of Africa.

(loosely) a black or other person of African ancestry.

Origin of African

< Latin Āfricānus, equivalent to Āfric(us) Afric + -ānus -an; compare Middle English Aufrican, Old English Africanas (nominative plural)

OTHER WORDS FROM African

Af·ri·can·ness, noun in·ter-Af·ri·can, adjective non-Af·ri·can, adjective, noun pro·Af·ri·can, adjective, noun

pseu·do-Af·ri·can, adjective, noun trans-Af·ri·can, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH African

Africans Afrikaans

Example sentences from the Web for african

Finally, we have a major film on civil rights in which African Americans are the heroes in their own story.

Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ |Gary May |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The Pew poll also found most African Americans expect relations between police and minorities will actually get worse.

Dr. Howard Fuller's Injustice Education |Campbell Brown |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Branch grew up in Queens, NY, the daughter of an African American man and a Japanese woman.

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Much more common is the African American lesbian couple in the Deep South raising children at or below the poverty line.

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There were little blond girls in knit hats next to elderly African American women hobbling on canes.

Sharpton Recalls Civil Rights Struggle in DC March Against Police Violence |Ben Jacobs |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
By and by, the African, while kicking, struck bottom with one foot.

Wyoming |Edward Sylvester Ellis
The African Christians soon formed one of the principal members of the primitive church.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
What does well enough on the target at home is often quite a failure in the wear and tear of the African wilderness.

Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O. |J.G. Millais
Every available bit of African or Asiatic territory was claimed by one of the rival powers.

The Story of Mankind |Hendrik Van Loon
It is difficult for an outsider to realise how completely a caravan in the African hinterland is dependent on man transport.

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland |Meg Gehrts

British Dictionary definitions for african

African

/ (ˈæfrɪkən) /

adjective

denoting or relating to Africa or any of its peoples, languages, nations, etc

noun

a native, inhabitant, or citizen of any of the countries of Africa

a member or descendant of any of the peoples of Africa, esp a Black person

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