1. Plural of clodpate; stupid or dull-witted persons; blockheads.
Usage: informal; archaic or dated; derogatory

Examples

• The clodpates in the village couldn't understand the simplest instructions.
• He dismissed his critics as mere clodpates unworthy of serious debate.
• Those clodpates made the same mistake twice without learning anything.
• The play mocked the clodpates who believed every superstition.
• Only clodpates would fall for such an obvious trick.