{"era":"current","word":"yankee","meaning":"A native or inhabitant of the United States.","children":[{"era":"1750s","word":"Yankee","meaning":"a resident of New England","children":[{"era":"17th century","word":"Janke / Jan Kees","meaning":"diminutive of Jan or 'John Cheese'","children":[],"language":"Dutch"}],"language":"English (colonial)"}],"language":"Modern English"}