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countryman
noun [C] (FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE) /ˈkʌn.trɪ.mən/ (plural -men /-mən/ ) UKDefinition
› someone who lives in or who comes from the countryside and not a townThe countryside
(Definition of countryman noun (FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beauty spot noun (COUNTRYSIDE)
- bucolic adjective
- bumpkin noun
- countrified adjective
- country noun (NATURAL LAND)
- countryside noun
- countrywoman noun
- hillbilly noun
- hinterland noun
- land noun (DRY SURFACE)
- landscape noun
- out-of-town adjective
- rustic adjective
- stick noun (COUNTRYSIDE)
- the backwoods noun
- the boondocks noun
- up-country adverb, adjective
- upstate adjective, adverb
- wild noun
- yokel noun
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