honyak

Noun

honyock (plural honyocks)

1. (US, slang) A person (especially a farmer) of relatively recent Central or Eastern European peasant extraction.
   • Today "honyock," or farming homesteader, and old-timer live peaceably side by side and each has learned much from the other. The old-timer taught his neighbor the art of stock raising on the range, and the honyock convinced the old-timer that some forage crops could be raised and that it was not...1938, Unknown FWP Author, A South Dakota Guide, Works Project Administration, Chapter 1, South Dakota Today

   Synonyms:

   homesteader, hayseed, clodhopper, dirt farmer, yokel, or hick

2. (US, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A person who is foolish, stupid, oafish, wild, impetuous, or stubborn.
   • (Father) told me I was a honyock, kissed my mother(...), and gave me a Dutch rub.2009, Charles Taylor, Winter from Spring, Xlibris Corporation, page 29

   Synonyms:

   yahoo, oaf, or lout, rube, simpleton, ignoramus, or know-nothing