all-American

/ˌɔl·əˈmer·ɪ·kən/ adj

Definition

› having or showing the values that are typical of the US, or made up completely of the best American things or people: He made the all-American team in his last two years of college. all-American (also All-American)

/ˌɔl·əˈmer·ɪ·kən/ n [C] › He was a great athlete, and an academic all-American as well.

(Definition of all-American adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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