yokel

/ˈjoʊkəl/
noun
  1. A person from a rural area who is considered unsophisticated, simple, or naive, often in a humorous or mildly insulting way.
    • He played the part of a friendly yokel in the comedy show, complete with a straw hat and slow drawl.
    • The city tourists laughed at the yokel who had never seen an escalator before.
    • Some people unfairly call anyone from the countryside a yokel, but that's just a stereotype.
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