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BUMPKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bumpkin mean? 

BUMPKIN (noun)
  The noun BUMPKIN has 1 sense:

1. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in cultureplay

  Familiarity information: BUMPKIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUMPKIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bumpkin; chawbacon; hayseed; hick; rube; yahoo; yokel

Hypernyms ("bumpkin" is a kind of...):

rustic (an unsophisticated country person)

Derivation:

bumpkinly (awkwardly simple and provincial)


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