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n. - One who lives in the country and has country ways;

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Usage examples (8)
  • Adjective : rural tranquillity. ,the rural population. ,rural economy
  • I suspect they are partly responsible for the ruralist strain you still find in my politics.
  • I would love to get out there and do just that, but I'm a ruralist — not always by choice.
  • Harper appeared to align himself strongly with the conservative, ruralist Union Nationale which, under Duplessis, ruled Quebec for 15 years beginning in 1944.
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