单词 | ruralite |
释义 | ruraliten. A person who lives in a rural area; a country-dweller. Cf. urbanite n.2 ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun] countrymanc1300 landmana1400 Jack (John) Upland1402 rurala1475 rustical?1532 rusticc1550 Jock upalanda1568 John Uponlanda1568 rustican1570 countrywoman1679 country cousin1692 ruralist1739 country mouse1750 backwoodsman1774 back-countryman1796 mountaineer1837 ruralite1841 mountain man1847 smock-frock1858 way back1890 woop woop1936 swamp Yankee1941 1841 New Sporting Mag. June 423 A young ensign in scarlet..entering a full ball room in the country, and..the cherry-cheeked ruralites would gather about him. 1916 G. A. England Pod, Bender & Co. ix. 217 The cold and pitiless look he bent with his black eyes upon that miserable ruralite. 1946 A. Husain Fazl-i-Husain ix. 157 The urbanites opposed three legislative measures, all of which were regarded by the ruralites as in their interests. 1996 L. Scanlan Heading Home x. 209 You can just as easily get couch- and TV-bound in the country as you can in the city: cable, satellite dishes and rotating or rusting antennae keep us ruralites more or less tuned in. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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