Asian American

[ ey-zhuhn-uh-mer-i-kuhn, ey-shuhn- ]

noun

1. a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Asian birth or descent.

adjective

1. of or relating to Asian Americans or their culture.
2. A·sian-A·mer·i·can, occurring between the United States and Asia:

   Protectionist tariffs negatively affected the volume of Asian-American trade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Asian American¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Steel and Tran both focused heavily on outreach to Asian American voters, who make up a plurality of the district that runs through 17 cities including Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Buena Park and Cerritos.

From Los Angeles Times

“Like Bush, Trump won thanks partly to a surge of votes from Latino and Asian American voters. Like Bush, he’ll win the popular vote — probably by a margin of around 1.4 percentage points once all votes are counted,” Silver wrote.

From Salon

The poll found that Porter would be an early leader among the state’s registered Democrats, as well as among Asian American, white and female voters.

From Los Angeles Times

She refused to make her identity as a Black, South Asian American central to the campaign, after seeing what running on identity had done for Clinton just eight years earlier.

From Slate

He is also the first Asian American senator the state has elected.

From Slate