Definition of Yankee

  • (n.) 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.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.

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