yokel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
    rube; bumpkin; yahoo; hayseed; chawbacon; hick.

WordNet


Yo"kel noun
Etymology
Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.
Definitions
  1. A country bumpkin. Eng. Dickens.

Webster 1913