yokelry /ˈjoʊkəlɹi/ noun1 •(offensive) A class of rural, uneducated, or unsophisticated people; rubes; peasants; the hoi polloi.A desire to dazzle the yokelry in the $2.75 box seats will account for a good deal of the coloring of Mr. Wylie's writing. — 1948 formsyokelries