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YOKEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yokel mean?
• YOKEL (noun)
The noun YOKEL has 1 sense:
1. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Familiarity information: YOKEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bumpkin; chawbacon; hayseed; hick; rube; yahoo; yokel
Hypernyms ("yokel" is a kind of...):
rustic (an unsophisticated country person)
Context examples
When I returned from throwing them overside, he was talking to Harrison, whose honest yokel’s face was filled with fascination and wonder.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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