Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.
Do you need
volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?
|
|
Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.
|
|
Click here and add this page to your favorites!
|
Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: YAK-ZYM |
|
|
YANKEE , the slang or colloquial name given to a citizen of the New England states in America, and less correctly applied, in familiar European usage, to any citizen of the United States. It was used by the British soldiers of their opponents during the War of Independence, and during the Civil War by the Confederates of the Federal troops and by the South of the North generally. The origin of the name has given rise to much speculation. In Dr William Gordon's History of the American War (ed. 1789, 1. 324) it is said to have been a cant word at Cambridge , Mass., as early as 1713, where it was used to express excellency, and he quotes such expressions as " a Yankee good horse." Webster
sharp
Cambridge expression. Other suggestions give a Dutch origin to the name. Thus it may be a corruption of " Jankin," diminutive of " Jan," John, and applied as a nickname to the English of Connecticut by the Dutch of New York
series , iv. 5oq, v. 15).End of Article: YANKEE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/YAK_ZYM/YANKEE.html"> YANKEE </a> |
|
|
(Previous) YANCEY, WILLIAM LOWNDES (1814-1863) |
(Next) YANKTON |
|
Sponsored Advertisements