hyphenated

adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Written with a hyphen.

Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.

2

Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).

[The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.

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