"Yankee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjæŋ.ki/ Audio: En-au-Yankee.ogg [Australia] Forms: Yankees [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋki Etymology: First attested in 1683, as a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Dutch Janke (“Little John”), the old diminutive form of the common personal name Jan, or it may be from Jan Kees, the familiar form of "Johan Cornelius", or a variant of Jan Kaas, literally "John Cheese", the generic nickname the Flemings used for Dutchmen. It originally seems to have been applied insultingly to the Dutch, especially freebooters, before they turned around and applied it to the English. In English it was a term of contempt (1750s) before it came to be used as a general term for "a native of New England" (1765). The shortened form Yank was first recorded in reference to "an American" in 1778. James Fenimore Cooper suggested that it was a corruption of "English" via the intermediate form "Yengeese." Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|nl|Janke||Little John}} Dutch Janke (“Little John”), {{m|nl|Jan}} Jan, {{m|nl|Jan Kees}} Jan Kees, {{m|nl|Jan Kaas}} Jan Kaas Head templates: {{en-noun}} Yankee (plural Yankees)
  1. (chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States. Synonyms: American
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-Qdluak~h Categories (other): Demonyms for Americans Disambiguation of Demonyms for Americans: 34 19 12 20 1 9 1 1 3
  2. (chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States. Tags: Southern-US Translations (native or inhabitant of the Northern USA): я́нкі (jánki) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), я́нки (jánki) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Yankee [masculine] (Czech), Yankee [masculine] (Dutch), jenkki (Finnish), Ami [masculine] (German), jenki (Hungarian), ヤンキー (yankī) (Japanese), 양키 (yangki) (Korean), ⁧یانکی⁩ (yânki) (Persian), Jankes [masculine] (Polish), Jankeska [feminine] (Polish), я́нки (jánki) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), Yankee [masculine] (Slovak), gabacho [Mexico, US, masculine] (Spanish), я́нкі (jánki) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-en:south_north Categories (other): Southern US English Disambiguation of 'native or inhabitant of the Northern USA': 27 34 15 19 1 3 1 0
  3. (chiefly Northern US) A native or inhabitant of New England. Tags: Northern-US Translations (native or inhabitant of New England): Yankee [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-qzv4tfgy Disambiguation of 'native or inhabitant of New England': 15 14 54 10 0 7 0 0
  4. (chiefly southern Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States. Tags: Louisiana, Southern
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-spoX4Jvm Categories (other): Louisiana English
  5. (nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations ((nautical) large triangular headsail): vlieger (Dutch), genoa (Finnish), jenny (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-FnahDFy0 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of '(nautical) large triangular headsail': 3 4 3 10 74 3 2 0
  6. (baseball) A player for the New York Yankees. Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: Yanky [archaic], Yengee [obsolete] Derived forms: damn Yankee, Yank, Yankee cheese, Yankeedom, Yankee-Doodle, Yankee go home, Yankee ingenuity, Yankeeism, yanqui Translations ((baseball) player that plays for the New York Yankees): 洋基 (yángjī) (Chinese Mandarin), Yankee [masculine] (Dutch), Yanqui [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-wWjllQeV Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of '(baseball) player that plays for the New York Yankees': 13 11 4 9 0 62 1 0
  7. A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-Ebo-N1X-
  8. (American Civil War) Someone on the Union side.
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-noun-viSuk~ZZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (native or inhabitant of the USA): ⁧يَانْكِي⁩ (yānkī) [masculine] (Arabic), յանկի (yanki) (Armenian), я́нкі (jánki) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), я́нки (jánki) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ianqui (Catalan), 洋基 (Yángjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 美國佬 [derogatory] (Chinese Mandarin), 美国佬 (Měiguólǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Yankee [masculine] (Czech), yankee [common-gender] (Danish), Yankee [masculine] (Dutch), jankio (Esperanto), jänki (Estonian), jenkki (Finnish), Yankee [masculine] (French), ianqui [feminine, masculine] (Galician), იანკი (ianḳi) (Georgian), Ami [masculine] (German), Yankee [masculine] (German), Γιάνκης (Giánkis) [masculine] (Greek), यांकी (yāṅkī) (Hindi), jenki (Hungarian), Poncán [masculine] (Irish), yankee (Italian), ヤンキー (yankī) (Japanese), アメ公 (amekō) (alt: アメこう) [derogatory] (Japanese), 양키 (yangki) (Korean), jenkijs [masculine] (Latvian), jenkiete [feminine] (Latvian), jankis [masculine] (Lithuanian), jankė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Јенки (Jenki) [masculine] (Macedonian), Yankee [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ⁧یانکی⁩ (yânki) (Persian), jankes [masculine] (Polish), jankeska [feminine] (Polish), ianque [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), yankeu [masculine] (Romanian), я́нки (jánki) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), пиндо́с (pindós) [derogatory, masculine] (Russian), америко́с (amerikós) [masculine] (Russian), Је̏нки [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Jȅnki [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Yankee [masculine] (Slovak), yanqui [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), jänkare [common-gender] (Swedish), yankee [common-gender] (Swedish), я́нкі (jánki) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'native or inhabitant of the USA': 30 28 16 22 1 3 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈjæŋ.ki/ Audio: En-au-Yankee.ogg [Australia] Forms: Yankees [present, singular, third-person], Yankeeing [participle, present], Yankeed [participle, past], Yankeed [past]
Rhymes: -æŋki Etymology: First attested in 1683, as a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Dutch Janke (“Little John”), the old diminutive form of the common personal name Jan, or it may be from Jan Kees, the familiar form of "Johan Cornelius", or a variant of Jan Kaas, literally "John Cheese", the generic nickname the Flemings used for Dutchmen. It originally seems to have been applied insultingly to the Dutch, especially freebooters, before they turned around and applied it to the English. In English it was a term of contempt (1750s) before it came to be used as a general term for "a native of New England" (1765). The shortened form Yank was first recorded in reference to "an American" in 1778. James Fenimore Cooper suggested that it was a corruption of "English" via the intermediate form "Yengeese." Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|nl|Janke||Little John}} Dutch Janke (“Little John”), {{m|nl|Jan}} Jan, {{m|nl|Jan Kees}} Jan Kees, {{m|nl|Jan Kaas}} Jan Kaas Head templates: {{en-verb}} Yankee (third-person singular simple present Yankees, present participle Yankeeing, simple past and past participle Yankeed)
  1. (dated, slang, US, Canada, sometimes offensive) to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something Tags: Canada, US, dated, offensive, slang, sometimes
    Sense id: en-Yankee-en-verb-5bDM9dq5 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English

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      "audio": "En-au-Yankee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-au-Yankee.ogg/En-au-Yankee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-au-Yankee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "Yanky"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Yengee"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yānkī",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧يَانْكِي⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "yanki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "յանկի"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "ianqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yángjī",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "洋基"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "word": "美國佬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Měiguólǎo",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "美国佬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "jankio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "jänki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "jenkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ianqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ianḳi",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "იანკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ami"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Giánkis",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Γιάνκης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "yāṅkī",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "यांकी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "jenki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Poncán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yankī",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "ヤンキー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "アメこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amekō",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "word": "アメ公"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yangki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "양키"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jenkijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jenkiete"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jankis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jankė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Jenki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Јенки"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yânki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "word": "⁧یانکی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jankes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jankeska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ianque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yankeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pindós",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пиндо́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amerikós",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "америко́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Је̏нки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jȅnki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yanqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jänkare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нки"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "word": "jenkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ami"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "word": "jenki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yankī",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "word": "ヤンキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yangki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "word": "양키"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yânki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "word": "⁧یانکی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jankes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jankeska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "US",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gabacho"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jánki",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of the Northern USA",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́нкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "native or inhabitant of New England",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(nautical) large triangular headsail",
      "word": "vlieger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(nautical) large triangular headsail",
      "word": "genoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(nautical) large triangular headsail",
      "word": "jenny"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yángjī",
      "sense": "(baseball) player that plays for the New York Yankees",
      "word": "洋基"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(baseball) player that plays for the New York Yankees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yankee"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(baseball) player that plays for the New York Yankees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yanqui"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Yankee"
}

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    "Requests for review of Slovak translations",
    "en:Demonyms for Americans"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "undefined derivations"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "cln"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "Jan Kees"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "Jan Kaas"
      },
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  "etymology_text": "First attested in 1683, as a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Dutch Janke (“Little John”), the old diminutive form of the common personal name Jan, or it may be from Jan Kees, the familiar form of \"Johan Cornelius\", or a variant of Jan Kaas, literally \"John Cheese\", the generic nickname the Flemings used for Dutchmen. It originally seems to have been applied insultingly to the Dutch, especially freebooters, before they turned around and applied it to the English. In English it was a term of contempt (1750s) before it came to be used as a general term for \"a native of New England\" (1765). The shortened form Yank was first recorded in reference to \"an American\" in 1778. James Fenimore Cooper suggested that it was a corruption of \"English\" via the intermediate form \"Yengeese.\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Yankees",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Yankeeing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Yankeed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Yankeed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English offensive terms",
        "English slang"
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      "glosses": [
        "to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something"
      ],
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        [
          "cheat",
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          "swindle",
          "swindle"
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          "misrepresent"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
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        "dated",
        "offensive",
        "slang",
        "sometimes"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjæŋ.ki/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋki"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-Yankee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-au-Yankee.ogg/En-au-Yankee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-au-Yankee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "Yanky"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Yengee"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Yankee"
}

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