Hodge
Common British surname
Hodge is an old-fashioned name for a typical English farm laborer or rustic—the rural equivalent of calling any soldier "Tommy" or any Irishman "Paddy." The name, a familiar form of Roger, came to represent the simple, uneducated countryman in literature and political discourse: The politician claimed to speak for Hodge and his concerns.
Now largely historical.
rustic
Rural and unrefined
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- countrymanPerson from same nation
- yokelNaïve rural person
bumpkin · clodhopper · hayseed · rube · simpleton · ploughman · farmhand · laborer · commoner · villager
genealogy
Study of family descent
heritage · bloodline · clan · kin · descendants · pedigree · patronymic · kinfolk · relatives · dynasty
- hodge podgeDisorderly mixture of things
- Obergefell v. HodgesRuling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide