old countryn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊl(d) ˌkʌntri/, U.S.

/ˈoʊl(d) ˌkəntri/

Forms: see old adj. and country n. and adj. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., country n. and adj.

Etymology: < old adj. + country n. and adj.

A. n.

Usually with the. A country of origin or one that has been long established, usually a European country as distinguished from its colonies or former colonies, or as referred to by a native person living or travelling abroad or by (the descendants of) an emigrant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > [noun] > Britain

AlbionOE

Britannia1605

Brittanies1610

old country1751

home1755

homeland1862

Old Dart1863

old home1869

Pommyland1916

cool Britannia1967

mainland1980

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land

kithc888

etheleOE

erdOE

homeOE

motherOE

fatherlandc1275

countrya1300

soila1400

countrywarda1425

motherland1565

mother country1567

patrie1581

native1604

homelanda1627

home country1707

patria1707

old country1751

the (old) sod1812

home birth1846

Vaterland1852

old sod1863

motherland1895

Bongo Bongo1911

sireland1922

1751 B. Franklin Observ. conc. Increase Mankind in Papers (1961) IV. 227 Nor will Tables form'd on Observations made on full settled old Countries, as Europe, suit new Countries, as America.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer i. 3 A person who hath been to Paris, to the Alps, to Petersburgh, and who hath seen so many fine things up and down the old countries.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 321 It gives them an opportunity of making enquiries respecting the ‘old country’.

a1844 F. Baily Jrnl. Tour N. Amer. (1856) 172 The scenery..so very different from what we had been used to in the old country.

1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 8 Loudly declaiming..about the injustice done to ‘the ould counthry’, and forcibly giving vent to his views upon ‘Home Rule’.

1927 M. M. Bennett Christison of Lammermoor xiv. 133 In 1877, twenty-five years after he had sailed from Liverpool for Victoria, Christison left Australia to visit the Old Country.

1947 E. A. McCourt Flaming Hour vi. 32 In the old country..there would be spinach, brussels sprouts, artichokes.

1981 New Idea (Melbourne) 12 Sept. 143/2 Margaret Fulton had just returned from the ‘old country’.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the old country, esp. in old country man.

ΚΠ

1766 T. Hint in Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 4 Jan. 1/4 It would be a difficult matter for an old countryman to make that distinction among them, after living with them for many years.

1828 Amer. Q. Rev. 4 211 Even the illiterate in our country will distinguish an Englishman by his pronunciation, and will designate him as an ‘old countryman’.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden (1985) x Thinking to live by some derivative old country mode in this primitive new country.

1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 519 Old-country standards and family relationships persist.

1999 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 8 July b3 Many of these ‘Old Country’ men and women were slow to adjust to life in the United States.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old country
释义	old countryn.adj. Brit. /ˈəʊl(d) ˌkʌntri/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˌkəntri/ Forms: see old adj. and country n. and adj. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., country n. and adj. Etymology: < old adj. + country n. and adj. A. n. Usually with the. A country of origin or one that has been long established, usually a European country as distinguished from its colonies or former colonies, or as referred to by a native person living or travelling abroad or by (the descendants of) an emigrant. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > [noun] > Britain AlbionOE Britannia1605 Brittanies1610 old country1751 home1755 homeland1862 Old Dart1863 old home1869 Pommyland1916 cool Britannia1967 mainland1980 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land kithc888 etheleOE erdOE homeOE motherOE fatherlandc1275 countrya1300 soila1400 countrywarda1425 motherland1565 mother country1567 patrie1581 native1604 homelanda1627 home country1707 patria1707 old country1751 the (old) sod1812 home birth1846 Vaterland1852 old sod1863 motherland1895 Bongo Bongo1911 sireland1922 1751 B. Franklin Observ. conc. Increase Mankind in Papers (1961) IV. 227 Nor will Tables form'd on Observations made on full settled old Countries, as Europe, suit new Countries, as America. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer i. 3 A person who hath been to Paris, to the Alps, to Petersburgh, and who hath seen so many fine things up and down the old countries. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 321 It gives them an opportunity of making enquiries respecting the ‘old country’. a1844 F. Baily Jrnl. Tour N. Amer. (1856) 172 The scenery..so very different from what we had been used to in the old country. 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 8 Loudly declaiming..about the injustice done to ‘the ould counthry’, and forcibly giving vent to his views upon ‘Home Rule’. 1927 M. M. Bennett Christison of Lammermoor xiv. 133 In 1877, twenty-five years after he had sailed from Liverpool for Victoria, Christison left Australia to visit the Old Country. 1947 E. A. McCourt Flaming Hour vi. 32 In the old country..there would be spinach, brussels sprouts, artichokes. 1981 New Idea (Melbourne) 12 Sept. 143/2 Margaret Fulton had just returned from the ‘old country’. B. adj. Of or relating to the old country, esp. in old country man. ΚΠ 1766 T. Hint in Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 4 Jan. 1/4 It would be a difficult matter for an old countryman to make that distinction among them, after living with them for many years. 1828 Amer. Q. Rev. 4 211 Even the illiterate in our country will distinguish an Englishman by his pronunciation, and will designate him as an ‘old countryman’. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden (1985) x Thinking to live by some derivative old country mode in this primitive new country. 1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 519 Old-country standards and family relationships persist. 1999 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 8 July b3 Many of these ‘Old Country’ men and women were slow to adjust to life in the United States. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1751
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