Noun: yokel yow-kul
- 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