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yokel

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yo⋅kel

  [yoh-kuhl]
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–noun
a rustic; a country bumpkin.
Origin:
1805–15; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
yo⋅kel⋅ish, adjective
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yo·kel   (yō'kəl)   
n.  A rustic; a bumpkin.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

yokel 
1812, perhaps from dial. Ger. Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally dim. of Jakob. Or perhaps from Eng. yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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