yokel
noun
[ ˈjəʊk(ə)l ]
• an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside.
Similar:
bumpkin,
country bumpkin,
country cousin,
rustic,
countryman,
countrywoman,
country dweller,
son/daughter of the soil,
peasant,
provincial,
oaf,
lout,
boor,
barbarian,
paysan,
campesino,
contadino,
contadina,
paisano,
muzhik,
kulak,
fellah,
ryot,
clod,
clodhopper,
yahoo,
yob,
yobbo,
culchie,
bogman,
hayseed,
hillbilly,
hick,
rube,
schlub,
bushy,
carl,
churl,
hind,
kern,
bucolic,
Origin:
early 19th century: perhaps figuratively from dialect yokel ‘green woodpecker’.
