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The word originally comes from a word for midwesterners known as "Jan Kaas" or dutch for John Cheese, as many of them made cheese such as in Wisconsin. It gradually became a word for any northerner.

Someone who pretends to be left-leaning and to like art but actually minimizes the danger of everything in an institutional fashion, perhaps from Catholic/Jehovas Witness/Episcopalian influence, but still pops into a sex-club on Saturday regardless of the institutional religious background he or she may come from. The yankee may feel like he won the American civil war even though he is only a second generation Italian/Jew/Irishman. Their rent tends to be higher than other areas.
The Yankee mayor of New York Giuiliani stated he didn't want anymore artists moving to New York City.
yankee by americanpoophead May 20, 2015
another word for a cocky person who thinks they are the shit when in reality, no one likes them.
alex: "hey brittany!"
brittany: "hey bitch! cute outfit!" (inside she is thinking ''what a fugly outfit!)
alex: "thank you!"
katie: "eww you like her?"
alex: "are you kidding me?! no! she is such a yankee!"
yankee by the big bambeeno October 14, 2009
A term of endearment used by the Southern Folk, to emphsis how much they love the Northern Folk. Damn Yankee. Don't you think it's time to get over that wall, and all come together as AMERICANS? After all, that is what we ALL ARE ! The war has been over for a long time, and none of us, still remaining had a thing in it. Move on !
Yankee - word used to define Northern Folk
yankee by Sick of hearing it ! August 23, 2006
When used in most of the world: an American
When used in Asia: any white person
When used in the USA: Someone from New England
Koreans call me a Yankee, even though I'm not from the US.
Yankee by dudeinwales November 16, 2006
A "Yankee" is a noun relating to handjobs or other sexual acts involving a tugging motion on the genitalia; however, it can be altered to create a verb.

A yankee in the noun sense is synonymous with the word handjob. It also could be used to refer to one of gives "yankees" or "handjobs" on a regular basis.
One could use alterations of the word to create a verb, e.g.: "yank," "yanked," or even "yankee'd."
Yeah man, she gave me a nice yankee the other night.
Yankee by slcak0es08 April 12, 2011
Actually a mispronunciation of the word "English" by French colonists and native Americans.
See "Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper. "Many of the Yengeese are dead, great Sachem" says Magua... This was later bastardised into "yankee"
yankee by Junctionbox September 20, 2005