1) A group of millions of Americans, that are from the Northern
states of the USA. 2) What british people call americans. also
called yanks 1) Some southerners are tired of the huge yankee
migration that's coming down south. 2)British dude: I just saw 2
yankees.. The word is a derogatory term used to describe
Americans by the Brits, Canadians, Australians and the like; but
in the USA used to define an American from the Northern States
in the USA, such as New England and the Mid-West. It was most
notably used to describe to the Federal Solders and other
Northerners by the Confederates during the Civil War Era. Even
though some foreigner’s refer to all American’s as Yankees, does
not make it so. Call a Southerner a Yankee and he’ll think
you’re either just plain dumb or that you are trying to pick a
fight. The characteristics often associated with a stereotypical
Yankee are shrewdness, thrift, craftiness, rudeness, arrogance,
and loudness. To foreigners, a Yankee is an American. To
Americans, a Yankee is a Nort