Nice try, but how silly. The issue wasn't whether US Citizens are American, it's whether Mexicans are Americans. However, thank you for posting that definition. It's clear, I think you'll agree, that Mexicans ARE Americans. You guys may hate our neighbors, but I'll be damned if I'll let you pervert our language for your despicable and underhanded immigration agenda.
First, do you really think this is called for? All I do is post a dictionary definition concerning one disputed issue on this thread and I'm being told I "hate our neighbors", and that I am trying to "pervert our langauge" and that I have a "despicable and underhanded immigration agenda". To say that you are reading way too much into my post is a gross understatement.
The issue wasn't whether US Citizens are American, it's whether Mexicans are Americans.
No, the issue is what do we mean when we use the term "American". Raybbr and others on this thread clearly are using the term to refer to United States citizens, which corresponds to dictionary definition #3 that I posted. And by that meaning of the word, Mexicans are not Americans.
You, on the other hand, are using definition #2, in which an American is anyone from the Western Hemisphere, not just the United States. And that is also a valid meaning of the word. The problem is that you are insisting that this is the only possible meaning of the word, and that not to abide by that meaning is evidence of hatred,ignorance, stupidity etc. You have made several such posts which are not at all helpful in this forum, at least in my opinion.
You might want to take another look at the article that seeded this thread. Senator Saxby Chambliss and Asa Hutchinson are both clearly using the term "American" to refer to United States citizens. Are you going to start calling them names also?