yankee

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. Source: opted

2. a. Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. Source: opted

3. adj. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) Source: wordnet

4. n. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) Source: wordnet

5. n. an American who lives in New England Source: wordnet

6. n. an American (especially to non-Americans) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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). Source: adambom

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) Source: ecdict

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