ALL-AMERICAN

I. adjective Date: 1888 1. selected (as by a poll of journalists) as one of the best in the United States in a particular category at a particular time , having only ~ participants , composed wholly of American elements, representative or typical of the United States or its ideals , of or relating to the American nations as a group, II. noun Date: 1920 one (as an athlete) that is voted ~, one that has ~ qualities or characteristics