n. 1. 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 + CM ]

2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. Someone who is not very intelligent or not interested in culture.
Syn. -- yokel, rube, hick, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ prop. n. Also etc. } A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.
Syn. -- Yahwe, Yahveh, Wahvey, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +WordNet 1.5 +CM ]

{ n. Also . 1. The religion or worship of Yahweh (Jehovah), or the system of doctrines, etc., connected with it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Use of Yahweh as a name of God. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Also older . The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]