Yankee - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˈjæŋkɪ|
Brit.
|ˈjæŋkɪ|
noun
- an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) (syn: northerner, yank, yankee)
- an American who lives in New England (syn: yankee)
- an American (especially to non-Americans) (syn: yank, yankee)
- an American who lives in New England (syn: yankee)
- an American (especially to non-Americans) (syn: yank, yankee)
adjective
- used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) (syn: yankee)
Extra examples
I will show you a Yankee trick.
I went to see the National Theatre's presentation of Arthur Miller's 'The Last Yankee'.
Yankee, go home!
Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni
He is doing research into the derivation of “Yankee.”
The truly Yankee valediction: "I guess we will all go home, and so, good night."
Word forms
noun
singular: Yankee
plural: Yankees
singular: Yankee
plural: Yankees
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