Yankeedom

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noun

The region inhabited by Yankees.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounYankeedom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe region inhabited by Yankees.
  2. uncountableThe condition, state, sphere, or influence of Yankees or of being a Yankee.

    Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom.

    1910, Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland, The Japanese letters of Lafcadio Hearn
  3. uncountableYankees collectively.

Origin

From Yankee + -dom.

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APA

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

MLA

“Yankeedom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankeedom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yankeedom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankeedom.

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