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Amerasian en · ADJ

Blend of American + Asian, modelled after Eurasian.

(not-comparable) Of mixed American and Asian parentage.
- Interestingly, however (and fortunately for the children), Amerasian parentage held virtually no stigma in the Philippines, in contrast to the situation in other Asian nations such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam […] 2004, Anni P. Baker, American soldiers overseas: the global military presence, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 119:
- Keane's speeches have not reduced the number of Amerasian births, but a decade of sleuthing has helped nearly 600 Amerasian orphans find new homes in the United States. 1980, Geo, volume 2, number 2, page 80:
- In the mid-1960s, a letter arrives from his Amerasian son, now twelve years old and victimized by poverty […] 1998, Peter Conn, Pearl S. Buck: a cultural biography, Cambridge University Press, page 365:

Blend of American + Asian, modelled after Eurasian.

A person of mixed American and Asian parentage, especially if their father was an American serviceman or temporary resident stationed in Asia.
- The Amerasian's spouse and minor, unmarried children are eligible to immigrate along with him or her. 2010, Ilona Bray, Loida Nicolas Lewis, Ruby Lieberman, How to Get a Green Card, Nolo, page 156:
- By contrast, the average age of the Amerasian AHA immigrant arriving in America was seventeen – about one year younger than the average age of U.S. servicemen in Vietnam during the war. 2005, Trin Yarborough, Surviving twice: Amerasian children of the Vietnam War, Brassey's:
- I am an Amerasian, why am I not allowed to stay here legally? Why do you try to keep me out, why do you discriminate against me? 1995, Steven DeBonis, Children of the enemy: oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians and their mothers, McFarland, page 125:

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