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yankee

English

  1. 🔊 used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
  2. 🔊 an American (especially to non-Americans)
  3. 🔊 an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
  4. 🔊 an American who lives in New England

Similar words

yank yankee-doodle new englander yank northerner acadian anglo-indian bolshevik bolshevist bolshie brooklynese cajun canadian french carbonarist carbonaro castroist castroite charley cockney communist cong down-easter yankee easterner fenian