Definitions by ch1ckad33
yank
A person from New England, specifically Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island or Massachusetts. Usually proud of their heritage, especially proud of their ansectors' actions in the Revolutinary War. Most likely a liberal.
vermonter
People from the state of Vermont. True Vermonters have been living in Vermont for at least seven generations. Does not include lame New Jerseyite/Connecticut/Massachusett transplants and annoying out-of-stater UVM students. real Vermonters are not hippies. Real Vermonters hose tourists and laugh at them when they gawk at leaves.