yankee

Meanings

Plural: yankees

Noun

• an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
• an American who lives in New England
• an American (especially to non-Americans)
• A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.
• alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
• Obsolete form of Yankee.

Adjective Satellite

• used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

Synonyms

New Englander, Northerner, Yank, Yankee-Doodle