YANKEE  , the See also:

• SLANG

slang or colloquial name given to a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of the New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England states in See also:

• AMERICA

America, and less correctly applied, in See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar See also:

• EUROPEAN

European usage, to any citizen of the See also:

• UNITED

United States . It was used by the See also:

• BRITISH

British soldiers of their opponents during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, and during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War by the Confederates of the Federal troops and by the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North generally . The origin of the name has given rise to much See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation . In Dr See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American War (ed . 1789, 1 . 324) it is said to have been a cant word at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1713, where it was used to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express See also:

• EXCELLENCY (Lat. excellentia, excellence)

excellency, and he quotes such expressions as " a Yankee See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse." See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster gives the earliest recorded use of its accepted meaning, from Oppression, a Poem by an American (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1765), " From meanness first this See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth Yankee See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose," and states that it is considered to represent the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation of " See also:

• ENGLISH

English " or Anglais, and was applied by the See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians to the English colonists . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the Scots " yankie," See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp or See also:

• CLEVER

clever, would seem more probable as the origin of the sense represented in the Cambridge expression . Other suggestions give a Dutch origin to the name . Thus it may be a corruption of " Jankin," diminutive of " See also:

• JAN

Jan," See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, and applied as a See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname to the English of See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut by the Dutch of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat (Etym . See also:

• DIET

Diet., r91o) quotes a Dutch See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain's name, Yanky, from See also:

• DAMPIER, WILLIAM (1652-1715)

Dampier's Voyages (ed . 1699, i .

38),'and accepts the theory that " Yankee " was formed from Jan, John, and Kees, a familiar diminutive of See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius (H . Logeman, Notes and Queries, loth See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, iv . 5oq, v . 15) .