Thesaurus: yankee

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1. n. A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.
2. a. Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
3. adj. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
4. n. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
5. n. an American who lives in New England
6. n. an American (especially to non-Americans)
7. A nickname for a native of citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States. From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And still to meanness all his conduct flows. Oppression, A poem by an American (Boston, 1765). Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. The alertness of the Yankee aspect. Hawthorne. Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.
8. A nickname for a native of citizen of New England, especiallyone descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitantof the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also,applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the UnitedStates.From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And still tomeanness all his conduct flows. Oppression, A poem by an American(Boston, 1765).
9. n. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) n. an American (especially to non-Americans) s. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)