Amerind

noun, adj — 2 senses

Amerind

noun

/ˈæməɹənd/

Etymology Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.

An American Indian.

The cultural hiatus associated with the Pine Pollen Zone suggests that Amerinds may have avoided the area.

Amerind

adj

Etymology Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of or relating to a hypothetical, largely discredited higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.

Related terms: Amerindian, American Indian, Indian

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