Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
US-ian. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
US-ian, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
US-ian in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
US-ian you have here. The definition of the word
US-ian will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
US-ian, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
US + -ian
Pronunciation
Adjective
US-ian (not comparable)
- (rare) Of or pertaining to the United States of America.
1944, Frieda Meredith Dietz, editor, The Southern Literary Messenger, volume 6, page 157:Let us be urged to make our homes in Latin America, establishing US-ian colonies even as our present enemies entrenched themselves there.
Quotations
Derived terms
Noun
US-ian (plural US-ians)
- (rare) An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
1998, Stephen Garrard Post, Peter J. Whitehouse, Genetic testing for Alzheimer disease: ethical and clinical issues, 2nd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 266:The belief that there is a culture to which a majority of (European-American) USians belong, called "white culture," is a local cultural construction, one powereful enough to influence science and society
Quotations
Usage notes
A sporadic term. The hyphen tends to be used as an attributive, but as a substantive.
The similar-looking Usian (/ˈjuːʒən/), which differs in capitalization, is a separate word, one that never got beyond the proposal stage.
Synonyms
References
- ^ Martin Heusser & Gudrun Grabher, American foundational myths:Papers from the 2000 joint conference of the Swiss Association for North American Studies and the Austrian Association for American Studies. 2002:70.
- ^ Roger John Williams, The human frontier, 1946:298
Anagrams