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Webster 1913 Edition


Americanism

A-mer′i-can-ism

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Noun.
1.
Attachment to the United States.
2.
A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
3.
A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.

Webster 1828 Edition


Americanism

AMER'ICANISM

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Noun.
The love which American citizens have to their own country, or the preference of its interests. Analogically, an American idiom.