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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.yokelyokel - 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
yokel [ˈjəʊk/əl] (pej) n → zotico/a, villano/a


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And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
I would see one of the clumsy bovine-creatures who worked the launch treading heavily through the undergrowth, and find myself asking, trying hard to recall, how he differed from some really human yokel trudging home from his mechanical labours; or I would meet the Fox-bear woman's vulpine, shifty face, strangely human in its speculative cunning, and even imagine I had met it before in some city byway.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
Seeing that you go from town to town, I ween you can outdo a poor country yokel at tidings.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
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