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Noun: yokel  yow-kul
  1. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
    "The city slickers mistakenly assumed the farmer was just a yokel";
    - rube [N. Amer, informal], hick [N. Amer, informal], yahoo, hayseed [N. Amer], bumpkin, chawbacon [archaic]

Derived forms: yokels

Type of: rustic

Encyclopedia: Yokel