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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Hick, a man's name, from Richard

hick

 noun
     
hick [countable] American English informal
someone who lives in the countryside, and is thought to be uneducated or stupid
—hick adjective:
hick towns
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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