дереве́нщина — meaning in English
derevenshchina
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English meaning
- doodle verb To draw or scribble absent-mindedly, usually while thinking about something else.
- hick noun An unsophisticated or unfashionable person from the countryside, often used disparagingly.
- hillbilly noun (often informal or disparaging) A person from a rural, hilly area, especially the southern United States, stereotyped as unsophisticated.
- peasant noun Historically, a small farmer or agricultural laborer, especially one with a low social and economic status.
- redneck noun An informal, often disparaging term for a poor, working-class rural person, especially from the southern United States, sometimes implying narrow-mindedness.
- rube noun (informal, often derogatory) An unsophisticated or naive person, especially someone from the countryside.
- yokel noun An unsophisticated or naive person from the countryside, often used dismissively.
Senses
дереве́нщина is used for these senses in English:
- country bumpkin (colloquial) An unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
- doodle (obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
- hick (pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]
- hillbilly (often, _, pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
- peasant (pejorative) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
- redneck (slang, US, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
- rube (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- yokel (pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
doodle — full definition
- verb To draw or scribble absent-mindedly, usually while thinking about something else.
- noun A small, careless sketch made without much thought or purpose.