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What is a Yankee?
... Originally a Yankee was someone from New England but later the term began to refer to a person from the northern States of the USA; those on the side of the Union during …the Civil War. It is thought the term originated from the many Dutch immigrants in New England who were called Jan Kees. It is also the name of a major league baseball franchise, the New York Yankees Outside the USA it is used in a mildly derogatory way to apply to any American. ------------------- Alternatively, they are the victim of a "yank-er". (MORE)