also: いなかもん
Refers to a person from a rural area; often carries a derogatory or condescending tone, implying lack of sophistication or worldliness. Can be used self-deprecatingly or as an insult.
He's a country boy, so he's still not used to city life.
田舎者扱いされて腹が立った。
I got angry when they treated me like a hick.
田舎者 specifically means an unsophisticated person from the countryside, matching the derogatory 'yokel' sense of 百姓.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Search-only form reflecting the colloquial reading いなかもん.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 田舎 (いなか, 'countryside') and 者 (もの, 'person'). The reading いなかもん is a colloquial variant.