- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "yankee" 28 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/yankee/definitions/2083040> |