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yokel
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yo·kel  (ykl)
n.
A rustic; a bumpkin.
[Origin unknown.]
yokel [ˈjəʊkəl]
n
(Sociology) Disparaging (used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned
[perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer]
yokelish  adj
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Noun1.yokel - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in cultureyokel - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo
rustic - 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
Translations
yokel [ˈjəʊkəl] N → palurdo/a m/f, pueblerino/a m/f
yokel [ˈjəʊkəl] n (= bumpkin) → péquenaud(e) m/f
yokel
n (pej) → Bauerntölpel m, → Bauerntrampel m
yokel [ˈjəʊk/əl] (pej) n → zotico/a, villano/a
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