# African-American

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

## Definitions
1. A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.
2. Any black American person; by extension, any black person.

## Etymology
Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/african-american