Yankee
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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.
