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US-ian en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of USian.
    alt of USian
    • Let us be urged to make our homes in Latin America, establishing US-ian colonies even as our present enemies entrenched themselves there. 1944, Frieda Meredith Dietz, editor, The Southern Literary Messenger, volume 6, page 157:

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more US-ian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most US-ian Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

U.S.iana

US-ian en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of USian.
    alt of USian
    • 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 1998, Stephen Garrard Post, Peter J. Whitehouse, Genetic testing for Alzheimer disease: ethical and clinical issues, 2nd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 266:

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US-ians Number=Plur lexicographic