1. yankee(n = noun.person) northerner, yank - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War);
is a kind of american
is a member of north
has particulars: federal, federal soldier, union soldier
Derived form adjective yankee1
2. yankee(n = noun.person) new englander - an American who lives in New England;
is a kind of american
is a member of new england
3. yankee(n = noun.person) yank, yankee-doodle - an American (especially to non-Americans);
is a kind of american
yankee(s = adj.all) - used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier);
Derived form noun yankee1
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. [1913 Webster]
"From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose,
And still to meanness all his conduct flows." [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. [1913 Webster]
"The alertness of the Yankee aspect." [1913 Webster]
yankee, n. colloq.
1 often derog. = YANK.
2 US an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern States.
3 hist. a Federal soldier in the Civil War.
4 a type of bet on four or more horses to win (or be placed) in different races.
5 (attrib.) of or as of the Yankees.
Idiom:
Yankee Doodle
1 an American tune and song regarded as a national air.
2 = YANKEE.
Etymology:
18th c.: orig. uncert.: perh. f. Du. Janke dimin. of Jan John attested (17th c.) as a nickname
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