English Explanatory Dictionary

hayseed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Seeds from grass that has become hay.
  2. Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
  3. A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
adj
  1. Characteristic of or befitting a hayseed (person); rustic, uncultivated, backwater.

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪˌsid/

Word forms

hayseed hayseeds more hayseed most hayseed

Etymology

From hay + seed.

Synonyms

bogger bogtrotter boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hick hob hobnail hog-rubber honyock hunk lob promdi provincial rube rustic woolly back yokel
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