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Webster 1913 Edition

Yokel

Yo′kel

,

Noun.

[Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E.

gawk

.]

A country bumpkin.

[Eng.]

Dickens.

Definition 2024

yokel

yokel

English

Noun

yokel ‎(plural yokels)

(pejorative) An unsophisticated person.
A person of rural background.

Synonyms

Translations

unsophisticated person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 土包子 (zh) ‎(tǔbāozi), 鄉巴佬 (zh), 乡巴佬 (zh) ‎(xiāngbalǎo)
Dutch: hufter (nl)
Finnish: juntti (fi)
French: manant (fr) m
German: Tölpel (de) m, Hanswurst (de) m, Simpel (de) m, Einfaltspinsel (de) m, Naivling (de) m
Hungarian: paraszt (hu)

Latvian: pāķis m, lauķis m
Maori: panekāka
Portuguese: rústico (pt) m, caipira (pt) m f (Brazil)
Romanian: țăran (ro) m, mojic (ro) m, bădăran (ro) m
Russian: дереве́нщина (ru) m, f ‎(derevénščina)
Serbo-Croatian: seljak (sh) m, seljačina (sh) f
Spanish: paleto m, palurdo (es) m, chúntaro m (Mexico)

person of rural background

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鄉下人 (zh) ‎(tǔbāozi), 乡下人 (zh) ‎(xiāngxiàrén)
Dutch: boerenlul
Finnish: maalaistollo
French: manant (fr) m
German: Bauerntölpel m, Hinterwäldler (de) m
Hungarian: falusi (hu)

Latvian: pāķis m, lauķis m
Portuguese: rústico (pt) m, caipira (pt) m f (Brazil)
Romanian: țăran (ro) m
Russian: дереве́нщина (ru) m, f ‎(derevénščina)
Serbo-Croatian: seljak (sh) m
Spanish: paleto m

References

↑ “yokel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).