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Yankee

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Noun

1. northerner, yank, yankee

an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

2. new englander, yankee

an American who lives in New England

3. yank, yankee, yankee-doodle

an American (especially to non-Americans)

Adjective

4. yankee

used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Yankee

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noun
1. often derogatory
a native or inhabitant of the US; American
2. 
a native or inhabitant of New England
3. 
a native or inhabitant of the Northern US, esp a Northern soldier in the Civil War
4. communications
a code word for the letter y
5. finance
a bond issued in the US by a foreign borrower
adjective
6. 
of, relating to, or characteristic of Yankees

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Yankee

see synonyms of yankee
noun
1.  US
a person born or living in New England
2.  US
a. 
a person born or living in a Northern State; Northerner
b. 
a Union soldier in the Civil War
3.  US
a person born or living in the U.S.
adjective US
4. 
of, like, or characteristic of the Yankees

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Yankee

see synonyms of yankee
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of New England, especially one of English descent.
2. A native or inhabitant of a northern US state, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War.
3. A native or inhabitant of the United States.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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