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Word: yankee (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A native or inhabitant of New England.
  • A native or inhabitant of the Northern USA.
  • A native or inhabitant of the USA.
  • baseball A player that plays for the New York Yankees.
  • 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.
  • The letter ''Y'' in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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