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yankee
(encz) | Yankee,americký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
yankee
(encz) | Yankee,Američan n: člověk, který žije v severních státech USA; též
voják, který bojoval v amer. občanské válce za stranu Unie Zdeněk Brož |
yankee
(encz) | Yankee,Jenký n: [amer.] člověk, který žije v severních státech USA; též
voják, který bojoval v amer. občanské válce za stranu Unie PetrV |
yankee
(encz) | Yankee,Yankee n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
yankee
(czen) | Yankee,Yankeen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Yankee
(gcide) | Yankee \Yan"kee\, n. [Commonly considered to be a corrupt
pronunciation of the word English, or of the French word
Anglais, by the native Indians of America. According to
Thierry, a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, and a
nickname given to the English colonists of Connecticut by the
Dutch settlers of New York. Dr. W. Gordon ("Hist. of the
Amer. War," ed, 1789, vol. i., pp. 324, 325) says it was a
favorite cant word in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1713, and
that it meant excellent; as, a yankee good horse, yankee good
cider, etc. Cf. Scot yankie a sharp, clever, and rather bold
woman, and Prov. E. bow-yankees a kind of leggins worn by
agricultural laborers.]
A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially
one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an
inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a
Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any
inhabitant of the United States.
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From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose,
And still to meanness all his conduct flows.
--Oppression,
A poem by an
American
(Boston,
1765).
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Yankee
(gcide) | Yankee \Yan"kee\, a.
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
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The alertness of the Yankee aspect. --Hawthorne.
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Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.
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yankee
(wn) | Yankee
adj 1: used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state
in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the
American Civil War) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Northerner]
2: an American who lives in New England [syn: New Englander,
Yankee]
3: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee,
Yank, Yankee-Doodle] |
yankee
(devil) | YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our
Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown.
(See DAMNYANK.)
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yankeeland
(encz) | yankeeland,amerika n: Zdeněk Brož |
yankees
(encz) | Yankees,posměšně Američané n: pl. posměšné označení h0das |
Yankee
(gcide) | Yankee \Yan"kee\, n. [Commonly considered to be a corrupt
pronunciation of the word English, or of the French word
Anglais, by the native Indians of America. According to
Thierry, a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, and a
nickname given to the English colonists of Connecticut by the
Dutch settlers of New York. Dr. W. Gordon ("Hist. of the
Amer. War," ed, 1789, vol. i., pp. 324, 325) says it was a
favorite cant word in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1713, and
that it meant excellent; as, a yankee good horse, yankee good
cider, etc. Cf. Scot yankie a sharp, clever, and rather bold
woman, and Prov. E. bow-yankees a kind of leggins worn by
agricultural laborers.]
A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially
one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an
inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a
Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any
inhabitant of the United States.
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From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose,
And still to meanness all his conduct flows.
--Oppression,
A poem by an
American
(Boston,
1765).
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Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
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The alertness of the Yankee aspect. --Hawthorne.
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Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.
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Yankee Clipper
(gcide) | Clipper \Clip"per\ (kl[i^]p"p[~e]r), n.
1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges
of coins.
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The value is pared off from it into the clipper's
pocket. --Locke.
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2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
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3. (Naut.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull
and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade
where the cargo capacity was less important than the
speed; -- called also clipper ship. --
Clip"per-built`, a.
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Note: The name was first borne by "Baltimore clippers" famous
as privateers in the early wars of the United States.
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4. (Electronics) a circuit that limits the amplitude of a
waveform.
Syn: limiter.
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Yankee Clipper,
(a) a clipper ship built in the United States. See
clipper[3].
(b) Joe DiMaggio; -- a nickname for the player who was a
prominent member of the New York Yankees baseball team
in the 1940's.
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Yankee clover
(gcide) | Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
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Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
(Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
allspice.
Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply
Japan.
Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or
Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
borneol or Borneo camphor.
Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
(Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for
fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.
Japan earth. See Catechu.
Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.
Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the
poison sumac.
[1913 Webster]Yankee \Yan"kee\, a.
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
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The alertness of the Yankee aspect. --Hawthorne.
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Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.
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Yankee-Doodle
(gcide) | Yankee-Doodle \Yan`kee-Doo"dle\, n.
1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the
national airs of the United States.
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2. Humorously, a Yankee.
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We might have withheld our political noodles
From knocking their heads against hot
Yankee-Doodles. --Moore.
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Yankeeism
(gcide) | Yankeeism \Yan"kee*ism\, n.
A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. --Lowell.
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yankee corn
(wn) | Yankee corn
n 1: corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the
soft endosperm [syn: flint corn, flint maize, {Yankee
corn}, Zea mays indurata] |
yankee-doodle
(wn) | Yankee-Doodle
n 1: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee,
Yank, Yankee-Doodle] |
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