Definition of yokels

yokel    

noun

• a person from a rural area; "hick".

                                                                                                 
  
                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Magic", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 4 censored in hope of resolving 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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Other terms relating to 'rural dweller':
chillbilly	Definitions include: a hillbilly from colder climes, such as Alaska.
white trash	Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians.
grit	Definitions include: cigarette.
hayseed	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "bumpkin".
good old boy	Definitions include: a certain type of person living in the rural/southern United States; "hick"; "redneck".
cooter	Definitions include: female genitalia.
Whiskey Tango	Definitions include: phonetic abbreviation for white trash.
trailer trash	Definitions include: From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the Midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes.
slack-jaw	Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
billy	Definitions include: abbreviated form of hillbilly.
bumpkin	Definitions include: an unsophisticated person from a rural area.
bushpig	Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
neck	Definitions include: abbreviation for redneck.
stick	Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area.
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local yokel	Definitions include: a rural resident.

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