an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

[ Syn: yankee , yank , northerner ]

an American who lives in New England

[ Syn: new englander , yankee ]

an American (especially to non-Americans)

[ Syn: yankee , yank , yankee-doodle ]

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

[ Syn: yankee ]