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What is the noun for yankeedom?

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Yankee
  1. (chiefly outside USA) A native or inhabitant of the United States.
  2. (chiefly Southern USA) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.
  3. (chiefly Northern USA) A native or inhabitant of New England.
  4. (chiefly Southern Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.
  5. (nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.
  6. (baseball) A player that plays for the New York Yankees.
  7. A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.
  8. Synonyms:
Yankeedom
  1. The region inhabited by Yankees.
  2. The condition, state, sphere, or influence of Yankees or of being a Yankee.
  3. Yankees collectively.
  4. Examples:
    1. “As we all know by now, the Jeffrey Maier play was the seminal moment in the next golden age of Yankeedom.”
      “I am so far removed, away here in Yankeedom, that I hear nothing from that quarter but by the public prints.”
      “Is she one of those names, like Jeffrey Maier of Yankeedom, or the spaghetti racket in tennis, that will always challenge our imagination?”
Yank
  1. (US) A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, sometimes pejorative) An American: someone from the United States.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I love the UK, but I am a proud Yank.”
      “If Americans stopped driving huge gas-guzzling Yank tanks, pollution might drop.”
      “The idiot is setting a magnificent precedent by owning and driving a Yank tank.”
Yankeeism
  1. An American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In Winslow Homer we have Yankeeism of the first order, turned to a creditable artistic account.”
      “There goes another Yankeeism, just because it puts the thing better than any words in our own language.”
      “I know you will say, therein lies the cause of my sudden conversion to Yankeeism.”
Yankees
Yankeeisms
  1. plural of Yankeeism
Yanks
  1. plural of Yank
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Also, please do ignore these boorish Yanks who go about their business with flagrant disregard for military decorum and totally without charm.”
      “The new, US-supported Georgian government has given the green light for the Yanks to stay.”
      “Okay, you Yanks don't have a great track record of remaking British classics, but this trailer for The Italian Job makes it look quite fun.”
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