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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIM'PLETON, n. A silly person; a person of weak intellect; a trifler; a foolish person.
SIMPLI"CAIN, n. An artless, unskilled or undesigning person. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person lacking intelligence or common sense [syn: simpleton, simple]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ¹simple + -ton (as in surnames such as Washington) Date: circa 1630 a person lacking in common sense

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a foolish, gullible, or halfwitted person. Etymology: SIMPLE after surnames f. place-names in -ton

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Simpleton Sim"ple*ton, n. [Cf. F. simplet, It. semplicione.] A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(simpletons) If you call someone a simpleton, you think they are easily deceived or not very intelligent. 'But Ian's such a simpleton', she laughed... N-COUNT [disapproval]

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Abbreviation of simple Tony or Anthony, a foolish fellow.

Moby Thesaurus

ament, born fool, bungler, clot, congenital idiot, cretin, defective, dullard, dullhead, dumbbell, dummkopf, dummy, golem, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, juggins, mongoloid idiot, moron, natural, natural idiot, natural-born fool, simp, stupid, zany