yankee

English Thesaurus

1. an American (especially to non-Americans) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	american, american,
definition	:	a native or inhabitant of the United States (noun.person)

2. an American who lives in New England (noun.person)

member meronym	:	new england,
definition	:	a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut (noun.location)

3. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	american,
definition	:	a native or inhabitant of the United States (noun.person)

hyponym	:	federal, federal soldier, union soldier,
definition	:	a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War (noun.person)

member meronym	:	north,
definition	:	the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line (noun.location)

domain region	:	america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa,
definition	:	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (noun.location)

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

similar	:	northern,
definition	:	in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (adj.all)

5. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) (noun.person)

derivation	:	yankee,
definition	:	used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) (adj.all)

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

derivation	:	northerner, yank, yankee,
definition	:	an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) (noun.person)

7. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) (noun.person)

derivation	:	yankee,
definition	:	used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) (adj.all)

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

derivation	:	northerner, yank, yankee,
definition	:	an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) (noun.person)