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Yankeeism

Yankeeism noun: an American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.

Noun

Yankeeism (plural Yankeeisms)

  1. (rhetoric) An American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
    • When he was excited, the Yankeeisms of his youth came back to him.1862, Theodore Winthrop, Edwin Brothertoft, page 100

Yankeeism meaning in Tamil

Yankeeism in Tamil

அமெரிக்க பழக்கவழக்கங்கள்

Forms of Yankeeism

pluralYankeeisms

Origin of Yankeeism

From Yankee + -ism.

Words formed from Yankeeism

Questions about Yankeeism

What does Yankeeism mean?
Yankeeism means an American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
What is Yankeeism in Tamil?
Yankeeism in Tamil is அமெரிக்க பழக்கவழக்கங்கள். See Yankeeism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Yankeeism?
Yankeeism is a noun.
What is the plural of Yankeeism?
The plural of Yankeeism is Yankeeisms.

Words near Yankeeism in the dictionary

  1. Yankeefied
  2. Yankeefies
  3. Yankeefy
  4. Yankeefying
  5. Yankeeing
  6. Yankeeism
  7. Yankeeisms
  8. Yankeeization
  9. Yankeeize
  10. Yankeeized
  11. Yankeeizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yankeeism (page history and authors); yankeeism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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