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Yankee

/ˈjæŋki/
/ˈjeɪŋki/
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Other forms: Yankees

Definitions of Yankee
  1. noun
    an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
    synonyms: Northerner, Yank
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    types:
    Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
    a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
    type of:
    American
    a native or inhabitant of the United States
  2. noun
    an American who lives in New England
    synonyms: New Englander
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    type of:
    American
    a native or inhabitant of the United States
  3. noun
    an American (especially to non-Americans)
    synonyms: Yank, Yankee-Doodle
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    type of:
    American
    a native or inhabitant of the United States
  4. adjective
    used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
    synonyms:
    northern
    in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
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