Yankee Doodlen.
/ˌjaŋkɪ ˈduːdl/, U.S. /ˌjæŋki ˈdud(ə)l/ 1. The title of a popular air of the United States of America, considered to be characteristically national.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > national or patriotic song
Rule Britanniac1745
anthem1753
Yankee Doodle1768
Marseillaise hymn1794
national anthem1804
star-spangled banner1814
queen1898
Volkslied1898
Hatikvah1905
king1932
Horst Wessel song1937
1768 Jrnl. of the Times (Boston) 29 Sept. in Lossing Pict. Field-bk. Revol. (1851) I. 480 Those passing in boats observed great rejoicings, and that the Yankee Doodle Song was the capital piece in the band of music.
1775 Pennsylvania Evening Post 22 July 317/2 General Gage's troops are much dispirited;..and..disposed to leave off dancing any more to the tune of Yankey Doodle.
c1775 T. L. Yankee Doodle (song) in Notes & Queries 1st Ser. V. 87 Yankee doodle, yankee doodle dandy, I vow, Yankee doodle, yankee doodle, bow wow wow.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xvii He..walked off, a whislin Yankee Doodle to himself.
2. A Yankee. Also attributive.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun]
long knife1784
Yankeec1784
Yankee Doodle1787
Columbian1789
Brother Jonathan1816
norteamericano1839
United Statesian1845
Joe1947
Yanqui1969
1787 J. F. Bryant Verses 15 And we'll give the Yankee~doodles a dowse in the jaws.
a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 78 Syne after him cam Yankie Doodle, Frae hyne ayont the muckle water.
1814 T. Moore Parod. Let. 48 I might have withheld these political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee Doodles.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. xxiii. 319 One of your yankee doodle invitations, that,—happy to see you another time.
1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 5 Sept. (1946) 120 We have had..Yankees male and female, and a Yankee Doodle-Dandy into the bargain, a smart young Virginia man.
Derivatives
Yankeedoodleˈdodom n. = Yankeedom n. at Yankee n. and adj. Derivatives.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > collectively
Uncle Sam1810
Yankeedoodledodom1843
Yankeedom1851
1843 T. Carlyle Let. 3 July in C. Dickens Lett. (1974) III. 542/1 The last Chuzzlewit on Yankeedoodledodom is capital. We read it with loud assent.
yankeeˈdoodledom n. = Yankeedom n. at Yankee n. and adj. Derivatives.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States
states1776
United States1776
Yankee-land1803
God's own country1807
U.S.1834
Yankland1834
yankeedoodledom1845
Yankeedom1851
the land of the free1884
land of opportunity1948
U.S. of A.1973
1845 P. Hone Diary 20 May (1889) II. 248 The ladies of this family (natives though they be of Yankee-doodle-dom) seem to possess, in a high degree, the power of capturing the aristocracy of England.
1861 Death of Lincoln Despotism And hold them Abe Lincoln, and all his Northern scum, Shall own our independence of Yankee Doodledom.
Yankeeˈdoodleism n. = Yankeeism n. at Yankee n. and adj. Derivatives.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > character or quality
Yankeeism1820
Americanism1833
Yankeedoodleism1836
Americanness1862
Yankeeness1909
1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 468 The man's whole life..was a long series of Frenchified Yankeedoodleisms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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