Yankee (Adjective)
Meaning
Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- He called me a Yankee because I was from Massachusetts.
- The rebel soldier taunted the Yankee troops as they marched by.
- After the war, the Yankee general was a hero in the North but despised in the South.
- Southerners viewed the Yankee soldier as nothing but a ruthless invader.
- The Confederate soldier took aim at the Yankee cavalry charging towards them.