Definition of yokel
yokel 
noun
- a person from a rural area; "hick".
Citation from "Magic", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 4 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.
Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Scott D. from Branchville, NJ, USA on Dec 06 2001.
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