simpleton

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SIM'PLETON, noun A silly person; a person of weak intellect; a trifler; a foolish person. SIMPLI'CAIN, noun An artless, unskilled or undesigning person. [Not in use.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign