Yokelry
//ˈjoʊkəlɹi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A class of rural, uneducated, or unsophisticated people; rubes; peasants; the hoi polloi. derogatory, uncountable, usually
"When the professors touch the caustic to the American yokelry for its lavish esteem of such mush as "Peg o' My Heart," do the solemn comedians not recall that the British yokelry has esteemed it no less?"
Example
More examples"When the professors touch the caustic to the American yokelry for its lavish esteem of such mush as "Peg o' My Heart," do the solemn comedians not recall that the British yokelry has esteemed it no less?"
Etymology
From yokel + -ry.
More for "yokelry"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.