countrywoman
- noun
- /ˈkʌntriˌwʊmən/
:
mujer de campo
- There was utter silence, and then Mary Anne gave Clara her steady, countrywoman's gaze and said, "What a wonderful way to get kids over their fear of school and the principal."
Examples
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As a proud countrywoman, she preferred the simple pleasures of rural life over the hustle and bustle of the city.
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Her skills in knitting and cooking reflected her upbringing as a countrywoman, where these traditions were passed down through generations.
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"Her voice was soft but slightly nasal, a countrywoman's voice."
Fiction book (1993) -
She was an old countrywoman who never wore boots indoors and lived mainly on potatoes and porter.
Fiction book (1990) -
She wears her frilly blouse that's too fussy and hangs all wrong, a countrywoman with work-roughened hands posing as a school principal.
Fiction book (1993) -
The countrywoman tended to her garden with love and care, nurturing the flowers and vegetables that grew there.
Synonyms
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A person who lives in or comes from a small village
A Cuban woman from the countryside who works on a farm
A woman who lives on and works a farm growing crops or caring for animals
A woman who lives and works on a farm or in the countryside
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Countrywoman is also used for a woman from the countryside. Here country means 'rural land' or 'the countryside', as in the word countryside, so a countrywoman is a woman who lives in or comes from rural areas.