yokel
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yo·kel
(yō′kəl) Informaln.
A rustic; a bumpkin.
[Perhaps from German dialectal Jokel, Jockel, bumpkin (from diminutive of the name Jakob, German equivalent of English James Jacob) or from English dialectal yuckle, European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), probably a variant of English hickwall (from Middle English hyghwhele, probably from an imitation of its high-pitched call ).]
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yokel
(ˈjəʊkəl)n
(Sociology) derogatory (used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned
[C19: perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer]
ˈyokelish adj
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yo•kel
(ˈyoʊ kəl)n.
a rustic; country bumpkin.
[1805–15; orig. uncertain]
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yokel
noun peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, countryman, hillbilly, boor, country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), bushie or bushy (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clodhopper (informal), (country) bumpkin a local yokel
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yokel
nounA clumsy, unsophisticated person:
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[ˈjəʊkəl] N → palurdo/a m/f, pueblerino/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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yokel
n (pej) → Bauerntölpel m, → Bauerntrampel m
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[ˈjəʊk/əl] (pej) n → zotico/a, villano/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995