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Definitions for Yankee

[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.
[7] of, relating to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees: Yankee ingenuity.
[8] often derogatory a native or inhabitant of the US; American
[9] a native or inhabitant of New England
[10] a native or inhabitant of the Northern US, esp a Northern soldier in the Civil War
[11] communications a code word for the letter y
[12] finance a bond issued in the US by a foreign borrower
[13] of, relating to, or characteristic of 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

Word origin for Yankee

C18: perhaps from Dutch Jan Kees John Cheese, nickname used derisively by Dutch settlers in New York to designate English colonists in Connecticut