Source : WordNet®

African-American
     adj : pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African
           ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people
           preferred to be called African-American or
           Afro-American" [syn: {Afro-American}]

African-American
     n : an American whose ancestors were born in Africa [syn: {Afro-American},
          {Black American}]