Difference between revisions of "Yankee"
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Yankee <ref name="term_81593" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_196586" /> == | ||
<p> Slang name for a New Englander; applied in | <p> (1): (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New [[England]] stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States. </p> <p> (2): (a.) Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81593" /> == | |||
<p> [[Slang]] name for a New Englander; applied in England to the citizens of the United States generally; it is of uncertain derivation. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_196586"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/yankee Yankee from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81593"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/yankee Yankee from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81593"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/yankee Yankee from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.
(2): (a.) Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Slang name for a New Englander; applied in England to the citizens of the United States generally; it is of uncertain derivation.
