African Definition
ăfrĭ-kən
adjective
Of or relating to Africa or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
American Heritage
Of Africa, esp. sub-Saharan Africa, or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
Webster's New World
Of or pertaining to Africa.
Wiktionary
noun
A native or inhabitant of Africa.
American Heritage
A member of an indigenous ethnic group of Africa, esp. sub-Saharan Africa.
Webster's New World
A person of African ancestry.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Africa.
Webster's New World
A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
Maghrebis and Subsaharans constitute the majority of Africans.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of African
Noun
Singular:
African
Plural:
africansOrigin of African
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As a noun in Old English as Africanas "Africans" (only plural). From Latin Africānae. In Middle English as Aufrican . Early Modern English Aphricane, Africans. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African.
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Latin Africus is from Afri (singular Afer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in modern Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. Africānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix.
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