Bumpkin

Bump′kin

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Noun.

[The same word as

bumkin

, which Cotgrave defines thus: “

Bumkin

, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.” Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD.

boomken

a little tree. See

Boom

a pole.]

An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.

“Bashful country bumpkins.”

W. Irving.

Bumpkin

BUMP'KIN

,

Noun.

[bump, large, swelling.] An awkward heavy rustic; a clown, or country lout.

bumpkin

See also: bumkin

English

Noun

bumpkin ‎(plural bumpkins)

a clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel
(nautical) a short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay

Derived terms

Translations

yokel

Chinese:

Cantonese: 鄉下人, 乡下人 ‎(hoeng¹ haa⁶⁻² jan⁴)

Mandarin: 鄉下佬 (zh), 乡下佬 (zh) ‎(xiāngxialǎo), 鄉下人 (zh), 乡下人 (zh) ‎(xiāngxiarén)
French: plouc (fr) m, péquenaud (fr), manant (fr) m
German: Hinterwäldler (de) m, Bauerntölpel m, Tölpel (de) m
Greek: βλάκας (el) m ‎(vlákas)

Italian: buzzurro m
Korean: 촌놈 ‎(chonnom), 촌뜨기 ‎(chontteugi), 시골뜨기 (ko) ‎(sigoltteugi)
Latin: rusticus (la) m
Maori: panekāka
Spanish: paleto m, palurdo (es) m

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Bumpkin

BUMP'KIN

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