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countryfolk

countryfolk

5.5
People who live in the countryside rather than in a town or city
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌntrifolk/
translation icon : gente del campo
  • Many countryfolk enjoy traditional music that reflects their rural lifestyle.

Examples

  • After moving to the countryside, she felt at home among the friendly countryfolk.

  • We're countryfolk.

    The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)

  • The countryfolk sang because their harvest was done and the war had slithered its huge, armored body far into the south that year.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The countryfolk gathered in the village square to celebrate the annual harvest festival.

Synonyms

country people
vscountryfolk
5 2.4

People who live in villages or on farms

has the same meaning but is a neutral descriptive term

Antonyms

urban dweller
2 3.8

A person who lives in a city rather than in the countryside

How Rural

rustic
  • Offensive
1 6.3
countryfolk
5.5
townspeople
39 2.7

Surface Forms

countryfolk singular
countryfolks plural

Morphology

countryfolk = country + folk (transparent) = country + folk

The compound straightforwardly combines 'country' (countryside) and 'folk' (people) to mean rural people.

Etymology

Countryfolk comes from country ('land outside towns') and folk ('people'), so it can mean people who live in the countryside rather than in a town or city.