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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·mer·i·can a.
 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. “A young officer of the American navy.”
 American ivy. See Virginia creeper.
 American Party U. S. Politics, a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.
 Native american Party U. S. Politics, a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 American Party
      n : a former political party in the United States; active in the
          1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and
          Roman Catholics [syn: Know-Nothing Party]