Yankee

1. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States:

   (Southern US)A native or inhabitant of the northern United States.

2. A native or inhabitant of the northern United States.

   (Northern US, Southern US)A native or inhabitant of New England.

   an American who lives in New England

3. A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States:

   (French, Louisiana)An anglo, someone without French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.

4. (Commonwealth, derogatory, sometimes)A native or inhabitant of the United States in general.

   Ami, Yankee

   я́нкиjánki, пиндо́сpindós, америко́сamerikós

   я́нкіjánki

5. (Southern US, derogatory, historical, often)Any individual associated with the Union; that is, the United States federal government, during the American Civil War.

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

6. A player for the New York Yankees.

7. A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.

8. A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator.

1. You can master English without adopting yankee ways.

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2. Are you a yankee?

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3. Ziri always wore a Yankee's hat.

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4. I believe in the Yankee dream.

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5. Yankee Doodle came to town // Riding on a pony // He stuck a feather in his cap // and called it macaroni.

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• Yankyalternative archaic
• Yankeyalternative archaic