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1. (n.) Yankee
a native or inhabitant of the United States.
2. Yankee
a native or inhabitant of New England.
3. Yankee
a native or inhabitant of a Northern state.
4. Yankee
a Federal soldier in the Civil War.
5. (adj.) Yankee
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees:
Yankee ingenuity.
Etymology: (1750–60, Amer.; perh. back formation from D Jan Kees John Cheese (taken as pl.), nickname applied by the Dutch of colonial New York to English settlers in Connecticut)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Yankee, Yank, Northerner
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
2. (noun) New Englander, Yankee
an American who lives in New England
3. (adj) Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle
an American (especially to non-Americans)
4. (adj) Yankee
used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
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1. (noun) Yankee
sb from the northern U.S.
***Yankees who came south to live
2. Yankee
sb from an old New England family in the U.S.
***an old Yankee family
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| Definition of 'Yankee' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Yankee
of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees
2. (noun) Yankee
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Yankee
slang name for a New Englander; applied in England to the citizens of the United States generally; it is of uncertain derivation.
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Sense: a more affectionate word for (an) American.
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 Afrikaans: Yankee |
 Arabic: كَلِمَة أكثر عاطفيَّة تعن |
 Bulgarian: янки |
 Brazilian: ianque |
 Czech: Yankee |
 German: der Yankee |
 Danish: yankee |
 Greek: γιάνκης |
 Spanish: yanqui |
 Estonian: jänki |
 Farsi: امریکایی |
 Finnish: jenkki |
 French: Yankee; yankee |
 Hebrew: אָמֶרִיקָנִי |
 Hindi: अमेरिकी |
 Croatian: simpatičan izraz za Ameri |
 Hungarian: jenki |
 Indonesian: Yankee |
 Icelandic: Bandaríkjamaður, Kani |
 Italian: Yankee |
 Japanese: ヤンキー |
 Korean: 양키(미국인에 대한 보다 친숙한 표현) |
 Lithuanian: jankis |
 Latvian: jenkijs; amerikānis |
 Malay: Yanki |
 Dutch: Yankee |
 Norwegian: amerikaner |
 Polish: Jankes, jankeski |
 Persian: امریکایی |
 Pashto: آمریکایی |
 Portuguese: ianque |
 Russian: янки |
 Slovak: Yankee |
 Slovenian: Jenki; jenkijski |
 Serbian: jenki |
 Swedish: yankee, jänkare |
 Thai: คนอเมริกัน |
 Turkish: Yanki |
 Taiwanese: (暱稱) 美國人 |
 Ukrainian: янкі |
 Urdu: امریکی کو مخاطب کرنے کا م |
 Vietnamese: người Mỹ |
 Chinese: 美国人，美国佬 |
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