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1. Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

1. An American (especially to non-Americans)
   - Yank, Yankee-Doodle, seppo [Austral, NZ]
    
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, Northerner

Derived forms: Yankees

See also: northern

Type of: American

Part of: New England, North

Encyclopedia: Yankee, go home