non-Amer·i·can | \ ˌnän-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən 
, -ˈmər-, -ˈme-rə- \
, -ˈmər-, -ˈme-rə- \Definition of non-American
: not of or relating to America or the U.S. : not American … his literary precursors … are mostly non-American.— John Barth
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The first known use of non-American was in 1850
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