From the US (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">from the us</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for american that I've seen before include "Citizen seen in Cinerama" , "style of football" , "Member of New World community" , "countryman" , "Sherman, for example" .)