Dictionary Entry
yankee
yankee is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2adjective
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
- 3noun
an American (especially to non-Americans)
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- 4noun
an American who lives in New England
- 5noun
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
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- 6adjective
used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
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