Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Native American

Translate Native American | into French | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of Native American

noun

  • a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North and South America and the Caribbean Islands.

adjective

  • relating to Native Americans.

In the US, Native American is now the current accepted term in many contexts. The term American Indian is still used elsewhere, by American Indians themselves, among others, and is the form used in this dictionary. See American Indian (usage).

Native American in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Native American in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …