Yan·kee /ˈyæŋki/
[yang-kee]
–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
7. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees: Yankee ingenuity.
Origin:
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 Dictionary.com
