denoting or relating to Africa or any of its peoples, languages, nations, etc
a native, inhabitant, or citizen of any of the countries of Africa a member or descendant of any of the peoples of Africa, esp a Black person
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Af•ri•can /ˈæfrɪkən/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Language Varietiesof or relating to Africa.
n. [countable]
- Language Varietiesa person born or living in Africa.
Af•ri•can
(af′ri kən),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
Af′ri•can•ness, n.
- Language VarietiesAlso, Africa. of or from Africa;
belonging to the black peoples of Africa
n.
- Language Varietiesa native or inhabitant of Africa.
- Language Varieties, Anthropology(loosely) a black or other person of African ancestry.
- Latin Āfricānus, equivalent. to Āfric(us) Afric + -ānus -an; compare Middle English Aufrican, Old English Africanas (nominative plural)
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'African' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A.M.E.
- AF
- ANC
- Abd-el-Krim
- Adamawa-Eastern
- Adoula
- Afr
- Afrasian
- Afric
- Africa
- African American
- African American Vernacular English
- African Canadian
- African National Congress
- African Plate
- African cherry-orange
- African daisy
- African dominoes
- African elephant
- African grape
- African gray
- African green monkey
- African honeybee
- African lily
- African lion hound
- African mahogany
- African marigold
- African millet
- African mongoose
- African sleeping sickness
- African trypanosomiasis
- African violet
- African yellowwood
- African-American
- Africana
- Africanism
- Africanist
- Africanize
- Afrikaans
- Afrikander
- Afrikaner
- Afro
- Afro-
- Afro-American
- Afro-Caribbean
- Afro-Cuban
- Afro-pessimism
- Afro-pop
- Afrobeat
- Afrobeats