hillbilly
/ˈhɪlˌbɪl·i/ n [C] disapprovingDefinition
› a person from a rural area who is not familiar with modern ideas and popular culture, esp. someone who lives in the mountains or far from cities or towns in the southeastern US
(Definition of hillbilly n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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