An American (especially to non-Americans)
English: Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle
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Yankee, Yank, New Englander, Northerner, Yankee-Doodle
Noun
An American who lives in New England
English: New Englander, Yankee
An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
English: Yankee, Yank, Northerner
Adjective
Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
English: Yankee