Overview of noun yankee

The noun yankee has 3 senses

• Yankee, Yank, Northerner -- (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))


• New Englander, Yankee -- (an American who lives in New England)


• Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle -- (an American (especially to non-Americans))

Overview of adj yankee

The adj yankee has 1 sense

• Yankee -- (used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier))