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yankee

/'jæŋki/

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noun
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
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northerner yank

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american
noun
an American (especially to non-Americans)
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yank yankee-doodle

type of:
american
noun
an American who lives in New England
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new englander

type of:
american
adjective
used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
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northern

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