English Dictionary

Yankee

/ˈjæŋ.ki/

noun

(chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States. / (chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.

The Yankee won the baseball game.

意味（1）

(chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States.

...in a short time, a kind of infectious mirth and pride in their bargains took possession of the place, and every one bought something, holding out their purchases to view, and praising them in the words and phraseology of the young yankees, who, finding their own importance, were not slow to avail themselves of it,...

意味（2）

(chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.

意味（3）

(chiefly Northern US) A native or inhabitant of New England.

意味（4）

(chiefly southern Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.

意味（5）

(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.

意味（6）

(baseball) A player that plays for the New York Yankees.

意味（7）

A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.

Betting is complicated with win bets, place bets, each-way bets and complex bets such as doubles, trebles, Yankees and the like.