Definisjon av Yankee på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
Yankee - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
		Yank, Northerner
		american a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
		north a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
		the states, u.s.a., united states of america, us, america, u.s., united states, usa North America and South America and Central America
Yankee - an American (especially to non-Americans)
		Yank, Yankee-Doodle
Yankee - an American who lives in New England
		New Englander
		american a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
Adjective
Yankee - used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
		northern situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors"

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Substantiv
Yankee - A native or inhabitant of New England.
Yankee - A native or inhabitant of the Northern USA.
Yankee - A native or inhabitant of the USA.
Yankee - 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.
Yankee - A player that plays for the York New York Yankees.
Yankee - A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.
Verb
Yankee - To cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something.

The term Yankee (sometimes shortened to "Yank") has a few interrelated meanings, usually referring to someone either of general United States origin or, more specifically within the States, to people originating in New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region. The meaning of "Yankee" has varied over time. In the eighteenth century, it referred to residents of New England descended from the original English settlers of the region (Mark Twain, in the following century, used the word in this sense in his novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, published in 1889).

Yankee
An inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner, also applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.