WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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American, American English, American language,
1. NOUN. (american)
the English language as used in the United States
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2. NOUN. (american)
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
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3. NOUN. (american)
a native or inhabitant of the United States
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African-American, Afro-American, Black American, Creole, Anglo-American, Alabaman, Alabamian, Alaskan, Arizonan, Arizonian, Arkansan, Arkansawyer, Bay Stater, Californian, Carolinian, Coloradan, Connecticuter, Delawarean, Delawarian, Floridian, Franco-American, German American, Georgian, Hawaiian, Idahoan, Illinoisan, Indianan, Hoosier, Iowan, Kansan, Kentuckian, Louisianan, Louisianian, Mainer, Down Easter, Bostonian, Michigander, Wolverine, Minnesotan, Mississippian, Missourian, Montanan, Nebraskan, Cornhusker, Nevadan, New Hampshirite, New Jerseyan, New Jerseyite, New Yorker, North Carolinian, North Dakotan, Ohioan, Buckeye, Oregonian, Pennsylvanian, Rhode Islander, South Carolinian, South Dakotan, Tennessean, Texan, Utahan, Vermonter, Virginian, Washingtonian, Washingtonian, West Virginian, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite, Puerto Rican, Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle, New Englander, Yankee, Yank, Southerner, Spanish American, Hispanic American, Hispanic, Latino, Tory, Yankee, Yank, Northerner,
