american indian

Questions about american indian

What does american indian mean?

american indian means "any of the languages spoken by Amerindians".

What is another word for american indian?

Close synonyms include Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, Indian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american indian a common word?

american indian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.