Ruricolist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹuːˈɹɪkəlɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ruricolist is a noun meaning (rare, obsolete) A country dweller.
Meaning
(rare, obsolete) A country dweller.
Example Sentences
The House in Stone Row, lately possessed by Capt. Siree.
His appearance did not bespeak the ruricolist, and Dick, who at once detected this, set him down for a London burgess.
1884, Arthur F. Leach, "Local Government", in National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain), Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, John W. Parker (1885), page 110, But the agricultural laborer and the unagricultural ruricolist can no longer be ignored.
Word Forms
- ruricolists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rural, ruralist, rusticke, rustick, rurbanite, ruttier.
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