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bydlo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hick, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hayseed, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back, yokel

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bydło (“cattle”) or Russian бы́дло (býdlo, “cattle”) in online culture; compare the connotative uses of redneck and sheeple.