01 n. One of a race of filthy brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in Swift's “Gulliver's Travels.” See in the Dictionary of Note…
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One of a race of filthy brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in Swift's “Gulliver's Travels.” See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
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Hence, any brutish or vicious character.
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A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn.[U. S.]
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4.
Someone who is not very intelligent or not interested in culture.