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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Yan•kee /ˈyæŋki/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Language Varietiesa native of, or a person living in, the United States.
- Language Varietiesa native of, or a person living in, New England.
- American History, Language Varietiesa native of, or a person living in, a Northern state.
- American Historya Federal soldier in the Civil War.
adj. - Language Varietiesof, relating to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees:Yankee ingenuity.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Yan•kee (yang′kē),USA pronunciation n. - a native or inhabitant of the United States.
- a native or inhabitant of New England.
- American Historya native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, esp. of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War.
- American Historya federal or northern soldier in the American Civil War.
- Telecommunicationsa word used in communications to represent the letter Y.
- Militarythe NATO name for a class of Soviet ballistic missile submarine, nuclear powered, with up to 16 missile launchers.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees:Yankee ingenuity.
- perh. back formation from Dutch Jan Kees John Cheese, nickname (mistaken for plural) applied by the Dutch of colonial New York to English settlers in Connecticut 1750–60, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Yankee /ˈjæŋkɪ/, (informal)Yank n - often derogatory a native or inhabitant of the US; American
- a native or inhabitant of New England
- a native or inhabitant of the Northern US, esp a Northern soldier in the Civil War
- a bond issued in the US by a foreign borrower
adj - of, relating to, or characteristic of Yankees
Etymology: 18th Century: perhaps from Dutch Jan Kees John Cheese, nickname used derisively by Dutch settlers in New York to designate English colonists in Connecticut |