Difference between revisions of "Yankee"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_196586" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_196586" /> == | ||
<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> | <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" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81593" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:10, 15 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.
