Definition of a bumpkin

bumpkin

noun

• an unsophisticated person from a rural area. Derogatory.
  • See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'rural dweller':
good old boy	Definitions include: a certain type of person living in the rural/southern United States; "hick"; "redneck".
cooter	Definitions include: female genitalia.
good ol' boy	Definitions include: see good old boy.
stick	Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area.
chillbilly	Definitions include: a hillbilly from colder climes, such as Alaska.
Whiskey Tango	Definitions include: phonetic abbreviation for white trash.
slack-jaw	Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
grit	Definitions include: cigarette.
hayseed	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "bumpkin".
yokel	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "hick".
white trash	Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians.
bushpig	Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia.
trailer trash	Definitions include: From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the Midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes.
bamma	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; uncool person.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
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Other terms relating to 'bumpk':
country bumpkin	Definitions include: A southerner or one who has been raised in a rural area and has the characteristics similar to that of a hillbilly.

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