Yank

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of Yankee. === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /jæŋk/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /jeɪ̯ŋk/, /jɛ̃ŋk/ Rhymes: -æŋk Hyphenation: Yank === Noun === Yank (plural Yanks) A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States. Alternative form: Yankee (US) Someone from the northern United States. Alternative form: Yankee Synonyms: Northerner, northerner 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: Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down! (especially) One from New England. Alternative form: Yankee Synonym: New Englander (especially, historical, American Civil War) Someone on the Union side. (slang, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, UK, sometimes derogatory, by extension) Someone from the United States. Alternative form: Yankee Synonyms: American, US American; see also Thesaurus:American ==== Translations ====