yankee

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yankee (enc)

Noun	1.	Yankee - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) Yank, Northerner U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 North - the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line American - a native or inhabitant of the United States Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier - a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
	2.	Yankee - an American who lives in New England New Englander, Yank New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
	3.	Yankee - an American Yankee-Doodle, Yank American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
Adj.	1.	Yankee - used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) northern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"

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