all-American

== English == === Etymology === From all- +‎ American. Americanism first recorded in the 1880s; the substantive usage originating early on as an ellipsis of all-American athlete, player, team; thereafter transferred to apply broadly to people or things as in All-American boy, girl, family. === Pronunciation === enPR: ôl′ə-mĕr′ĭ-kən (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔːl əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɔl əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/ Hyphenation: all-A‧mer‧i‧can === Adjective === all-American (not comparable) Comprising things that are wholly from the United States of America; completely made in the United States. Regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States; typically American; (specifically) of a person: courageous, heroic; honest, wholesome, etc. (sports) Alternative letter-case form of All-American. ==== Synonyms ==== American as apple pie ==== Derived terms ==== All-American Canal all-Americanness ==== Related terms ==== All-America ==== Translations ==== === Noun === all-American (plural all-Americans) A person or thing regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States of America; typically American; (specifically) a person from the United States who is courageous, heroic, honest, wholesome, etc. Ellipsis of all-American athlete, player, team (chiefly sports), all-American boy, girl, person, or family (loosely, transferred sense) (sports) Alternative letter-case form of All-American. Synonym: All-America ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === all American (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “all-American”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “all-American”, in Collins English Dictionary. “all-American”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “all-American”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “all-American”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “all-American”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.