non-American

adjective

non-Amer·​i·​can ˌnän-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən How to pronounce non-American (audio)
-ˈmər-, 
-ˈme-rə-
: not of or relating to America or the U.S. : not American
… his literary precursors … are mostly non-American.—John Barth
non-American noun
… those things that non-Americans most immediately associate with America. —Anthony Quinton

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Hansen therefore wasn't the first non-American to receive the medal. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Anthropic was forced to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every non-American user, including its own foreign employees, citing an unspecified national security concern, as Fortune reported. — Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 And a non-American ended the season by lifting the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale. — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 The decrease in the Bundesliga’s fees from $30 million to $20 million per year represents the changing climate for non-American football and NBA rights in the domestic landscape. — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for non-American

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of non-American was in 1850

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“Non-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-American. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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