hay·seed

(hā′sēd′)

1. Grass seed shaken out of hay.

2. Pieces of chaff or straw that fall from hay.

3. Informal An unsophisticated person from a rural area; a bumpkin.

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hayseed

(ˈheɪˌsiːd)

1. (Agriculture) seeds or fragments of grass or straw

2. informal derogatory US and Canadian a yokel

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hay•seed

(ˈheɪˌsid)

n.

1. grass seed, esp. that shaken out of hay.

2. small bits of the chaff, straw, etc., of hay.

3. an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel; hick.

[1570–80]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hayseed - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

bumpkin, chawbacon, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel

rustic - an unsophisticated country person

Translations

heinähattuheinänsiemen

hayseed

[ˈheɪsiːd] N (US) → palurdo/a m/f, paleto/a m/f (Sp)

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I lay and lay, and was doctored and doctored,; until at last I drove the physicians from me, and called in an apothecary from Nicolai who had cured an old woman of a malady similar to my own--cured her merely with a little hayseed. Well, he did me a great deal of good, for on the third day I broke into a sweat, and was able to leave my bed.

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