English to English
Yankee
('/j//&//N/k/i/
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adjective (a)
- Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- an American (especially to non-Americans)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)(adj.all)source: wordnet30
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