all-American

Speech parts

1. all-American - Noun

2. all-American - Adjective

Meaning

Comprising things that are wholly from the United States of America; completely made in the United States.

Regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States; (specifically) of a person: courageous, heroic; honest, wholesome, etc.

(US, chiefly sports) Of a person or a team, or some other thing: regarded as the best in the United States.
He was an all-American basketball player last year.

A person or thing regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States of America; (specifically) a person from the United States who is courageous, heroic, honest, wholesome, etc.
He was regarded by the other soldiers as an all-American for his courage in battle.

(US, chiefly sports) A person or a team, or some other thing, regarded as the best in the United States.

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Examples

My father was an all-American football player. Edwin Moses

The reason the all-American boy prefers beauty over brains is that the all-American boy can see better than he can think. Farrah Fawcett

I'm six foot four, an all-American guy, and handsome and talented as well! David Hasselhoff

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever. JoBeth Williams

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking. Major Owens

We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've got a popcorn shop above a waterfall and parades that come through town. It's all-American. Nick Robinson

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