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Yankee
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Sense: Having New England qualities

Synonyms:

homespun, individualistic, Republican, conservative , rural , clever , tricky , cunning , mercantile, moderate , practical , religious

Sense: Concerning the United States

Synonyms:

North American, Western , westernized, Americanized, American

Sense: A New Englander

Synonyms:

Northerner, Easterner, Down Easter, early settler, Abolitionist, Unionist

Sense: A person from the United States

Synonyms:

American , American citizen, North American, westerner, tourist , Yank

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