• Noun: a native or inhabitant of the United States
• Noun: the English language as used in the United States
• Noun: a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
• Adj: of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; examples: "American citizens", "American English", "the American dream"
• Adj: of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; examples: "the American hemisphere", "American flora and fauna"
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.