Yankee - definition, transcription

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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)

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
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