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country mouse

country mouse noun: a countryperson; someone with country ways.

Noun

country mouse (plural country mice)

  1. (figuratively) A countryperson; someone with country ways.
    Antonyms:
    city mouse
  2. (slang, Antarctica) A member of support personnel who travels around, rather than remaining at the base.
    • "[…] Maybe we'll run into some country mice."
      "Country mice?"
      "Some of the Mac-Town folks, out here on the ice. City mice stay at McMurdo, and country mice—"2023, J. Scott Coatsworth, Love & Limitations
    Antonyms:
    city mouse

Antonyms of country mouse

Forms of country mouse

pluralcountry mice

Origin of country mouse

An allusion to The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, one of Aesop's Fables.

Questions about country mouse

What does country mouse mean?
Country mouse means a countryperson; someone with country ways.
What part of speech is country mouse?
Country mouse is a noun.
What is the plural of country mouse?
The plural of country mouse is country mice.

Words near country mouse in the dictionary

  1. country merchant
  2. country merchants
  3. country mice
  4. country mile
  5. country miles
  6. country mouse
  7. country music
  8. country of origin
  9. country of provenance
  10. country park
  11. country parks

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