Meaning & use
Yankee
An informal term for a person from the United States, especially the northern states.
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Southerners sometimes jokingly called the visiting tourists Yankees because of their accents.
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers referred to Union troops as Yankees.
A note on using this word
Outside the United States, Yankee often refers to any American; within the country, it more narrowly means someone from the North or New England.
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