Amerindian

[ am-uh-rin-dee-uhn ]

noun

1. Indian ( def 1 ).

adjective

1. of or relating to Amerindians.

Amerindian

/ ˌæməˈrɪndɪən /

noun

1. a specialist word, esp in linguistics and anthropology, for American Indian

Sensitive Note

See Indian.

Derived Forms

• ˌAmerˈindic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amerindian¹

Amer(ican) + Indian

Example Sentences

In the absence of demographic data for ancient Greece and Rome, Finch turned to a surprising model for ancient aging: today's Tsimane Amerindians, an Indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon.

From Science Daily

The concerns add to existing ones including the unlawful cutting of mangroves, fires, illegal construction and fuel pollution in rivers that the Amerindian women are scanning in the Barima-Mora Passage in northern Guyana.

From Seattle Times

In Mahdia, which has a majority Indigenous or Amerindian population, students largely come from remote areas.

From New York Times

Others use nets, breed them in captivity or buy from street market vendors who purchase them from Amerindians who catch the birds in Guyana’s remote interior or people who smuggle them in from neighboring Venezuela.

From Washington Times

Basic outlined images, inspired by Washington state landscapes and Amerindian petroglyphs, appear in lithographs, woven baskets and blown-glass vessels.

From Washington Post