yokelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈjəʊ.kəl/us/ˈjoʊ.kəl/usually humorousa stupid or awkward person who lives in the countryside rather than a town, especially one whose appearance is in some way strange or humorous:
He plays the country yokel in the butter ad.
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Towns & regions: the countryside
- backcountry
- beauty spot
- bucolic
- bumpkin
- countrified
- country
- countryman
- countryside
- countrywoman
- hillbilly
- hinterland
- land
- out-of-town
- redneck
- rural
- rustic
- stick
- the backwoods
- the boondocks
- wild
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