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Yankee

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Yankee /ˈjæŋki/ noun
plural Yankees
Yankee
/ˈjæŋki/
noun
plural Yankees
Learner's definition of YANKEE
[count]
: a person born or living in the U.S.美国佬;美国人often used to show disapproval or as an insult常用于表示反对或辱骂
US
: a person born or living in the northern U.S.(美国)北方佬,北方人
sometimes used by people in the southern U.S. to show disapproval or as an insult美国南方人有时用该词表示贬义或辱骂
: a person from New England新英格兰人
: a soldier who fought on the side of the northern states during the American Civil War(美国南北战争期间的)北军士兵

Yankee

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noun

Yan·​kee ˈyaŋ-kē How to pronounce Yankee (audio)
1
a
: a native or inhabitant of New England
b
: a native or inhabitant of the northern U.S.
2
: a native or inhabitant of the U.S.
Yankeedom noun
Yankeeism noun

Yankee

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communications code word

used as a code word for the letter y

Did you know?

We don’t know the origin of Yankee but we do know that it began as an insult. British General James Wolfe used the term in a 1758 letter to express his low opinion of the New England troops assigned to him, and from around the same time period there is a report of British troops using Yankee as a term of abuse for the citizens of Boston. In 1775, however, after the battles of Lexington and Concord showed that colonials could stand up to British regulars, Yankee was proudly adopted by colonials as a self-descriptor in defiance of the pejorative use. Both derisive and respectable uses have existed ever since.

Example Sentences

Noun a Southern girl who married a Yankee

Word History

Etymology

Noun

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Communications Code Word

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Yankee was in 1758

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