1. An American (especially to non-Americans)
   "The British pub was full of Yankees on holiday";
   - Yank [informal], Yankee-Doodle [informal], seppo [Austral, NZ, informal]
    
2. An American who lives in New England
   - New Englander
    
3. An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
   - Yank [informal], Northerner

1. Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
   "The Yankee accent was immediately noticeable in the Southern town"

Derived forms: Yankees

See also: northern

Type of: American

Part of: New England, North, Northern United States

Encyclopedia: Yankee, go home