yankee

Noun

 * 1)  A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.
 * 2) * 1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130
 * The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.
 * 1) * 1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130
 * The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.
 * 1) * 1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130
 * The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.
 * The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.

Adjective

 * 1)  Yankee
 * 2)  an Anglo-American, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; resident or native of the rest of the United States