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yokel

[ yoh-kuhl ]

noun

, Informal
  1. an unsophisticated person from a rural area; a country bumpkin.


yokel

/ ˈjəʊkəl /

noun

  1. derogatory.
    (used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned


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Derived Forms

  • ˈyokelish, adjective

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Other Words From

  • yokel·ish adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of yokel1

First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of yokel1

C19: perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer

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Example Sentences

Yet Mike Huckabee, an authentic by-his-bootstraps populist, was dismissed by the party's actual elite as a country yokel.

Hesitatingly, and like a clumsy yokel, I blurted: I have been wondering whether you cared for the performance I gave?

How can she have cared a hang for Ned, if she's ready to go and marry a yokel, for the sake of a home and respectability?

Some yokel writes in the village paper, as Henley had written before, "James's stuff was not worth doing."

The yokel if he feels inclined for a sleep lies down and takes it just as the dumb creatures do.

For among the mud-larks he recognises one who, early in the day, offered insult to himself, calling him a “country yokel.”

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