yokel
Meaning
A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈjəʊ.kəl/
Etymology
1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and jacquerie (“peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel (“woodpecker”).
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