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A Yankee is concentrically defined — to a foreigner, a Yankee is an American; to an American, a Yankee is a Northerner; to a Northerner, a Yankee is an Easterner; to an Easterner, a Yankee is a New Englander; to a New Englander, a Yankee is a Vermonter. in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.