bumpkin

n.
An awkward, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

[Perhaps from Flemish boomken, shrub, diminutive of boom, tree or from Middle Dutch bommekijn, diminutive of bomme, barrel.]

WORD HISTORY   The term bumpkin may at one time have been directed at an entire people rather than that segment of the population living in a rural area. The first recorded appearance of the word in 1570 is glossed by the Latin word Batavus, "Dutchman," making plausible the suggestion that bumpkin may come from either the Middle Dutch word bommekijn, "little barrel," or the Flemish word boomken, "shrub." The connection would be between a squat object and the short rotund figure of the Dutchman in the popular imagination. Any bumpkin would surely prefer this etymology to the suggestion that bumpkin is a derivative of bum, "the rear end."

bump·kin² (bŭmp'kĭn, bŭm'-)
n.
A short spar projecting from the deck of a ship, used to extend a sail or secure a block or stay.

[Probably from Dutch boomken, diminutive of boom, tree. See boom².]

noun

A clumsy, unsophisticated person: clodhopper, rustic, yokel. See ability/inability.

n

Definition: yokel, oaf
Antonyms: sophisticate

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not very intelligent or interested in culture
  Synonyms: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, chawbacon

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kludren, fumlen

2.
n. - rumle

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongelikte beer, pummel

Français (French)
1.
n. - péquenaud, plouc

2.
n. - (Naut) espar

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - (Bauern)tölpel

2.
n. - (naut) Butenluv

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγροίκος, χωριάτης

Italiano (Italian)
zotico, buttafuori

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) desajeitada, caipira (m) (f) (pej.)

Русский (Russian)
жлоб

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - patán, palurdo

2.
n. - pescante, botalón de popa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tölp, bondlurk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 乡巴佬

2. 土包子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 土包子

2.
n. - 鄉巴佬

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 시골뜨기

2.
n. - 촌놈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 野暮な田舎者, バンプキン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ريفي, ساذج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גמלוני, מגושם‬
n. - ‮כלונס קצר הבולט מסיפון אוניה ומשמש למתיחת מפרש או חיזוק חבל‬

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