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yankee
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Yankee
n.
American, citizen of the United States; resident of the northern United States of America; native or resident of New England (USA); Union soldier during the American Civil War
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Yankee
The term "Yankee" and its contracted form "Yank" have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Its various senses depend on the scope of context. Most broadly:
- Outside the United States, "Yank" is used informally to refer to any American, including Southerners.
- Within the United States, it usually refers to people from the north, largely those from the northeast, but especially those with New England cultural ties, such as descendants from colonial New England settlers, wherever they live. Its sense is more cultural than literally geographic. The speech dialect of New England is called "Yankee" or "Yankee dialect." Within New England itself, the term "Yankee" refers specifically to old-stock New Englanders of English descent.
- Within Southern American English, "Yankee" refers to Northerners, or those from the regions of the Union side of the American Civil War.
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Yankee
Noun
1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
(synonym) Yank, Northerner
(hypernym) American
(hyponym) Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
(member-holonym) North
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
2. an American who lives in New England
(synonym) New Englander, Yank
(hypernym) American
(member-holonym) New England
3. an American
(synonym) Yank, Yankee-Doodle
(hypernym) American
Adjective
1. used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
(similar) northern
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Yankee (der)
nm.
Yankee, American; Federal soldier in the American Civil War; native of a northern state of the U.S.A., resident of the northern United States of America
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yankee
adj.
Yankee
yankee
nm.
(Derogatory Slang) Yankee, resident of the northern United States of America
