1. a person from the country; a rustic or unsophisticated person
Usage: archaic; chiefly British; often derogatory

Examples

• The city dwellers dismissed the newcomer as a mere chawbacon.
• In the 18th century, chawbacon was a common insult for those who worked the land.
• He was no chawbacon, despite his rural upbringing and simple manners.
• The playwright mocked the chawbacon characters in his comedy.
• She refused to be treated like a chawbacon just because she came from a small village.