A countryman.
1889. To send a glimmer of … reason through the mind of the frontier hayseed.—Boston Journal, April 29. (N.E.D.)
1891. Dickey thought it a base presumption for an “old hayseed” to try to enter the town’s society.—L. R. Meekins, ‘A New Deal,’ Harper’s Weekly, xxxv. p. 705/3 (Sept. 19). (N.E.D.)
1898. I laid myself open to the imputation of being considered a “hayseed.”—Mrs. Mackin, ‘On Two Continents,’ p. 19.
