From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's ''Gulliver's Travels.'' See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {yokel}, {rube}, {hick}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]
2: one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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