1638 R. Brathwait (new ed.) sig. Aa3 I am now become a Drover, Countrey-liver, Countrey-lover.
1764 R. Jones sig. Cv He is a country liver or dweller.
1886 G. Hamilton in E. H. Rollins Pref. 2 Some old time country livers..may run over its pages.
1997 (Nexis) 5 June h2 Rural or country livers outlive their city counterparts by one year.