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Definition: Meaning of, Yankee in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈjaŋki /

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Yankee Yankees
[countable] [informal]
  1. a soldier who fought on the side of the Union (= the northern states) during the American Civil War
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  2. American English someone born in or living in the northern states of the US - sometimes used in an insulting way by people from the southern US
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  3. British English an American - often used to show disapproval [=  Yank]
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  4. American English someone from New England
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Yankee used in phrases

  • Yankee Doodle
    1. a US song which first became popular with American soldiers during the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR and is now often sung by children. It begins: Yankee Doodle went to town,/Riding on a pony;/Stuck a feather in his hat,/And called it macaroni.
  • Yankee corn (noun)
    1. corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
  • Yankee-Doodle (noun)
    1. especially to non-Americans an American
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