Hick vs. Farmer

Hick vs. Farmer — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hick and Farmer

Hicknoun

(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.

Farmernoun

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

Hickverb

to hiccup

Farmernoun

Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms.

Hicknoun

not very intelligent or interested in culture

Farmernoun

(historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.

a farmer of the revenues
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Hickadjective

awkwardly simple and provincial;

bumpkinly country boysrustic farmersa hick townthe nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists

Farmernoun

The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

Farmernoun

a person who operates a farm

Farmernoun

United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)

Farmernoun

an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)