European
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
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native to or derived from Europe.
traditional European customs; European languages.
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Europe.
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a person of European descent.
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(in East Africa and Asia) a white person; Caucasian.
adjective
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of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants
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native to or derived from Europe
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Europe
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a person of European descent
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a supporter of the European Union or of political union of the countries of Europe or a part of it
Other Word Forms
- Europeanism noun
- Europeanly adverb
- anti-European adjective
- inter-European adjective
- non-European adjective
- pro-European adjective
- pseudo-European adjective
- un-European adjective
Etymology
Origin of European
Example Sentences
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By midafternoon, with little progress, some European officials weighed in publicly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of Trump’s closest European allies, also issued a rare criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Uefa awards an additional place to the two leagues with the best overall performance across the three European competitions.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Alberto Alemanno, a professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris and a Democracy Fellow at Harvard, said that Vance’s visit may have hurt Orbán due to the so-called “Trump Boomerang Effect.”
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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