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Yankeydom

Yankeydom is the archaic form of Yankeedom.

Meaning of Yankeedom

Noun

Yankeedom (uncountable)

  1. The region inhabited by Yankees.
  2. The 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. Yankees collectively.

Questions about Yankeydom

What is Yankeydom the archaic form of?
Yankeydom is the archaic form of Yankeedom.

Words near Yankeydom in the dictionary

  1. Yankelovich
  2. yanker
  3. yankers
  4. Yankes
  5. Yankey
  6. Yankeydom
  7. Yankeys
  8. Yankies
  9. Yankification
  10. yankify
  11. yanking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yankeydom (page history and authors); Yankeedom (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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