Definitions for: Bumpkin

[n] not very intelligent or interested in culture

Webster (1913) Definition: Bump"kin, n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave
defines thus: ``Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a
long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and
sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.''
Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a
block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a
pole.]
An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.
``Bashful country bumpkins.'' --W. Irving.

Synonyms: chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel

See Also: rustic

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