swampbilly

English

noun

Definitions

(US) a poor, uneducated person from rural swampland areas

Etymology

Affix from English swamp + English billy (fellow).

Origin

English

billy

Gloss

fellow

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

backswamp English
billy English
hillbilly English
paleoswamp English
swamp English
swamper English
swamphen English
swampish English
swampland English
swampless English
swamplife English
swamplike English
swampy English
zwamp Dutch, Flemish
swam Middle English
swampu Sranan Tongo