hyphenated

adj — 2 senses

hyphenated

adj

1

Written with a hyphen.

Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.

2

Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).

[The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.2005 October 28, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle, archived from the original on 25 May 2006:

Derived terms: hyphenated American, multihyphenated, nonhyphenated, unhyphenated

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