yokel

yo·kel

Y0023300 (yō′kəl) Informal n. A rustic; a bumpkin.

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[Perhaps from German dialectal Jokel, Jockel, bumpkin (from diminutive of the name Jakob, German equivalent of English James Jacob) or from English dialectal yuckle, European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), probably a variant of English hickwall (from Middle English hyghwhele, probably from an imitation of its high-pitched call ).]

yokel

(ˈjəʊkəl) n (Sociology) derogatory (used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned[C19: perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer] ˈyokelish adj

yo•kel

(ˈyoʊ kəl)

n. a rustic; country bumpkin. [1805–15; orig. uncertain]

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yokel - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culturebumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoorustic - an unsophisticated country person

yokel

noun peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, countryman, hillbilly, boor, country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), bushie or bushy (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clodhopper (informal), (country) bumpkin a local yokel

yokel

nounA clumsy, unsophisticated person:bumpkin, clodhopper, rustic.

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