countryman
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈkʌntrimən/
:
campesino
- Father of ten children, a countryman, a hunting man, a man used to wooded swamp lands by night.
Examples
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About a week later, Huston awoke one morning to find a slight, unprepossessing man in odd countryman's clothes at the foot of his bed.
Academic text (2002) -
Let every countryman hear your words.
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This is a countryman of yours, Mr. Collins.
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With this in mind, the narrator tells the young countryman his own story.
Academic text (2003) -
"He gestured with his chin, in the countryman's manner.
Fiction book (1991) -
The countryman tended to his sheep with great care, showcasing his traditional rural ways.
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Living a simple life, the countryman often rose at dawn to work on his farm.
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As a proud countryman, he cherished the customs and values passed down through generations.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who lives in or comes from a small village
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6.3
A person who supports or works in farming
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6.7
A person who lives in a small house in the countryside
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8.4
A man who lives alone in a remote forest area
A woman who lives in the countryside
A person who lives and works on the land, like a farmer
A person who prefers to live in the countryside and values country life
Antonyms
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Countryman can also mean a man who lives in the countryside, where country here means 'countryside' or 'open land' and man means a person. So a countryman in this sense is a rural person who lives outside the city.