Swamp Yankee

noun

An American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.

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Meanings

nounSwamp Yankee (plural Swamp Yankees)

plural Swamp Yankees

  1. USslangAn American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.
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APA

Swamp Yankee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swamp%20Yankee

MLA

“Swamp Yankee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swamp%20Yankee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swamp Yankee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swamp%20Yankee.

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