Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Yokel \Yo"kel\, n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.]
   A country bumpkin. [Eng.] --Dickens.

Source : WordNet®

yokel
     n : not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {rube},
         {hick}, {yahoo}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]