Definitions for Yankee

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Yankee Yan·kee

Spelling: [yang-kee]

IPA: /ˈyæŋ ki/

Yankee is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in Yankee (aeekny).

Definitions for Yankee

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the United States.
2. a native or inhabitant of New England.
3. a native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War.
4. a federal or northern soldier in the American Civil War.
5. a word used in communications to represent the letter Y.
6. Military. the NATO name for a class of Soviet ballistic missile submarine, nuclear powered, with up to 16 missile launchers.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees:

Origin of Yankee

1750-60, Americanism; perhaps 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

Examples for Yankee

You remember, when I wanted to shoot that Yankee off my horse?

They were all from Yankee land, in pursuit of fame and fortune.

The flag that was unveiled at Yankee Stadium 19 days after 9/11 was a different, much larger one.

The major question for the Republican Party going forward is what all these Yankee newcomers will mean for its direction.

I only tried to split a Yankee's head and didn't even do that!

Jeter currently holds the Yankee record for stolen bases, and in 2009, he earned the hits record, as well.

So long to a winner, a superstar, a gentleman, and a Yankee.

Ditto Virginia, but in reverse; culturally, northern Virginia is Yankee land (but with gun shops).

That it was only a Yankee ship, any how, and that it is all "blarsted" nonsense to make a fuss about it.

Did you see that Yankee lieutenant with the big sabre-cut on his shoulder?