bumpkinnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʌmp.kɪn/us/ˈbʌmp.kɪn/also country bumpkin informal disapprovinga person from the countryside who is considered to be awkward and stupid
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Towns & regions: the countryside
- backcountry
- beauty spot
- bucolic
- countrified
- country
- countryman
- countryside
- countrywoman
- hillbilly
- hinterland
- land
- out-of-town
- redneck
- rural
- rustic
- stick
- the backwoods
- the boondocks
- wild
- yokel
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Examples from literature
- But the young gallant introduced to-night into the world she lived in was no bumpkin, and was a dandy of the town.
- Curiosity as to the place was at its utmost stretch, but our ignorant bumpkin could tell nothing about it.
- His manner towards me was that of a man of the world who is kindly disposed towards a country bumpkin.
- It's the kind of house that is becoming rare, and the bumpkin farmer and his family don't value antiquities.
- Then turning impatiently to the persons gathered around: "Does it require all of you, standing there like gaping bumpkins, to tighten my girth?