firstamerican
nounUK /ˌfɜːst əˈmerɪkən/
US /ˌfɜːrst əˈmerɪkən/
A person who was the first from America to do something.
Neil Armstrong is remembered as the first American to walk on the moon.
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2. A member of the first group of Americans to settle or arrive somewhere.
The first Americans to reach the remote island built a small village.
3. The earliest known American in a particular field or activity.
She became the first American to win that international chess title.
4. A term sometimes used for the earliest indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Some historians study how the first Americans crossed into the continent long ago.