A person (esp. a man) who lives or was born in a rural area, or who has a rural occupation, appearance, or manner.
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释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun] (31) countrymanc1300 A person (esp. a man) who lives or was born in a rural area, or who has a rural occupation, appearance, or manner. landmana1400 A countryman, peasant. Jack (John) Upland1402 Jack (John) Upland, used as a name for a rustic. (Cf. upaland, adv. b.) rurala1475 A person who lives in the country; a rustic. rustical?1532 A person who lives in the countryside (typically implying ignorance or lack of sophistication); a yokel; = rustic, n. 1. Now archaic and rare. rusticc1550 A person living in the countryside; a peasant. Now frequently in historical or literary contexts. Jock upalanda1568 a rustic; also allusively. John Uponlanda1568 a rustic (cf. Jock upaland n. at upaland, adv. b). rustican1570 A person who lives in the countryside; a rustic. countrywoman1679 A woman who lives or was born in a rural area, or who has a rural occupation, appearance, or manner. country cousin1692 A countrified relation; any person with an unsophisticated and provincial appearance or manner. Also in extended use. ruralist1739 An inhabitant of the country; a farmer, a peasant. country mouse1750 (a) a mouse which lives in the countryside (originally as a character in fables); (b) (frequently with allusion to one of Aesop's fables) a… backwoodsman1774 A settler in the backwoods. Also figurative. back-countryman1796 mountaineer1837 U.S. A backwoodsman, a trapper; = mountain man, n. 1b. Now rare. ruralite1841 A person who lives in a rural area; a country-dweller. Cf. urbanite, n.2 mountain man1847 U.S. A backwoodsman, a trapper; a pioneer. Also figurative. smock-frock1858 A man wearing a smock-frock. way back1890 A person inhabiting or coming from a remote district. Now rare. woop woop1936 An inhabitant of such a place; a country bumpkin. rare. swamp Yankee1941 (see quot. 1963). Subcategories:— collectively (5) — ruralist (2) — provincial (2) |
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