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Yankee

('/j//&//N/k/i/ )

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

source: webster1913

an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)(noun.person)

Synonym:
northerner, yank

source: wordnet30
an American who lives in New England(noun.person)

Synonym:
new englander

source: wordnet30
an American (especially to non-Americans)(noun.person)

Synonym:
yank, yankee-doodle

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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

source: wordnet30

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