Dictionary

Yank en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /jeɪ̯ŋk/ æ-raising
• /jæŋk/ without æ-raising
• /jɛ̃ŋk/ æ-raising

Etymology

Clipping of Yankee.

Meanings

1. (US) A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States. ▸ Someone from the northern United States.
   • Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down! 1865, unnamed Confederate officer, according to Lieutenant Joseph E. Moody, U.S.V., “Life in Confederate Prisons”, in Civil War Papers, Volume II, Massachusetts Commandery (1900), page 368
   • Corporal Bob explained, “The Yanks has tha best weapons. But us Rebs know how to shoot tha damn things. […]” 2004, O. K. Williams, The Way the Cards Fall, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 16:
   • “I do wish I might of found you in my sights when you was with them damn Yanks,” Abner added. 1944, Howard Fast, Freedom Road, M.E. Sharpe, published 1995, →ISBN, page 33:
2. (US, especially) A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States. ▸ Someone from the northern United States. ▸ One from New England.
3. (US, especially, historical, qualifier:American Civil War) A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States. ▸ Someone from the northern United States. ▸ Someone on the Union side.
4. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States. ▸ Someone from the United States.
   • The smart and inventive turn of the modern Yank has made him a specialist in ingenious devices, straight or crooked. Unpickable locks and invincible lock-pickers, burglar-proof safes and safe-specializing burglars, come equally from the States. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
   • “This time,” he General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have not crossed to win new victories but to preserve peace. […]” 1951 June 11, “The Yanks Are Coming: U.S. shows world we are playing for keeps as 4th Division leaves to join Eisenhower's NATO army”, in Life, page 38:

Forms

Deriveds

Yankophile · Yankophilic · Yankspeak · Yankism · Yankland

Relateds

Yankee · Yankee · Yankee · Yankee

Synonyms

American · US American · northerner · Ameritard · U.S. American · United Statian · Northerner · New Englander · Usonian · Usanian · US-ian · Northerner · Yank · Yankee · US American · USian · Seppo · United Statesian · Americunt · Northerner · northerner · northerner · septic · Usonan · US-American · American

Translations (23)

sv jänkare (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fr ricaine (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fr ricaines (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · ru я́нки (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fr Yankee (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · ru пиндо́с (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · pl Jankeska (native of the Northern USA — see also Yankee) · fr amerloque (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fr ricain (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · nn jenki (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · es yanqui (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · pt ianque (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · de Yankee (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · pl jankeska (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · pl jankes (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fr ricains (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · ru а́мер (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · pl Jankes (native of the Northern USA — see also Yankee) · fi jenkki (native of the Northern USA — see also Yankee) · eo jankio (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fi jenkki (native of the USA — see also Yankee) · fr Yankee (native of the Northern USA — see also Yankee) · de Ami (native of the USA — see also Yankee)

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