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Yankee

DEFINITIONS OF: Yankee

1

n an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

Synonyms:
Northerner, Yank
Types:
Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
Type of:
American
a native or inhabitant of the United States

n an American who lives in New England

Synonyms:
New Englander
Type of:
American
a native or inhabitant of the United States

n an American (especially to non-Americans)

Synonyms:
Yank, Yankee-Doodle
Type of:
American
a native or inhabitant of the United States

adj used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

Synonyms
northern
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
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