Adjective yankee has 1 sense
  1. Yankee - used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
    Antonym:
    southern (indirect, via northern)
,Noun yankee has 3 senses
  1. Yankee, Yank, Northerner - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
    --1 is a kind of American
    --1 is a member of North
    --1 has particulars: Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier
  2. New Englander, Yankee, Yank - an American who lives in New England
    --2 is a kind of American
    --2 is a member of New England
  3. Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle - an American
    --3 is a kind of American
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