govison

Noun

gorbuson (plural gorbusons)

1. (archaic) A stupid person; a simpleton; an idiot.
   • When I got into the kitchen, my mother looks at me; 'Sam,' says she, 'what have you done with your waistcoat?' 'Why, noat,' says I, and I looked down at it; and, like a great gorbuson as I was, I had forgot to put it on, and there if I hadn't bin to church without my waistcoat.1836, Charles Hooton, The Adventures of Bilberry Thurland, volume 2, page 98

   Synonyms:

   idiot