yankee

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
  2. noun an American who lives in New England
  3. noun an American (especially to non-Americans)

In classic literature

Synonyms

Yank, Northerner

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