Yankee

nouns

an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
Northerner, Yank, Yankee
an American who lives in New England
New Englander, Yankee
an American (especially to non-Americans)
Yank, Yankee, Yankee-Doodle

adjectives

used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
Yankee
is similar to
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
"Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
northern