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Yan·kee (yaŋ′kē)

noun

  1. ☆ a person born or living in New England
  2. ☆
    1. a person born or living in a Northern State; Northerner
    2. a Union soldier in the Civil War
  3. ☆ a person born or living in the U.S.

Etymology: < ? Du Jan Kees (taken as pl.) < Jan, John + Kees, dial. form of kaas, cheese; orig. (Jan Kaas) used as disparaging nickname for a Hollander, later for Dutch freebooter; applied by colonial Dutch in New York to English settlers in Connecticut

adjective

of, like, or characteristic of the Yankees

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Yankee Synonyms

Yankee

modif.

  1. Having New England qualities

    homespun, individualistic, isolationist, Republican, rockbound, set, conservative, rural, clever, tricky, hard, cunning, sharp, mercantile; see also moderate, practical.

  2. Concerning the United States

    North American, Western, westernized, Americanized; see American 2.


Yankee

n.

  1. A New Englander

    Northerner, Easterner, Down Easter, early settler, Abolitionist, Unionist.

  2. A person from the United States

    American, American citizen, North American, westerner, tourist*, Yank*.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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