Yankee
/ˈjæŋki//ˈjæŋki/Word Originmid 18th cent.: origin uncertain; recorded in the late 17th cent. as a nickname; perhaps from Dutch Janke, diminutive of Jan ‘John’.
a person who comes from or lives in any of the northern states of the US, especially New England
a soldier who fought for the Union (= the northern states) in the American Civil War
an offensive word for a person from the US; an American
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