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ruricolist

UK/ɹuːˈɹɪkəlɪst/

ruricolist noun: a country dweller.

Noun

ruricolist (plural ruricolists)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A country dweller.
    • His appearance did not bespeak the ruricolist, and Dick, who at once detected this, set him down for a London burgess.1841, anonymous author, The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: An Historical Romance, page 54
    • The House in Stone Row, lately possessed by Capt. Siree.a1860, apparently James Hutchinson, advertisement in Dublin News, quoted in Charles C. Bombaugh, Gleanings from the harvest-fields of literature, science and art : a melange of excerpta, curious...

Forms of ruricolist

pluralruricolists

Origin of ruricolist

From Latin rūricola + English -ist.

Questions about ruricolist

What does ruricolist mean?
Ruricolist means a country dweller.
What part of speech is ruricolist?
Ruricolist is a noun.
How do you pronounce ruricolist?
Ruricolist is pronounced /ɹuːˈɹɪkəlɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of ruricolist?
The plural of ruricolist is ruricolists.

Words near ruricolist in the dictionary

  1. rurbanization
  2. rurbanize
  3. rurbanized
  4. rurbanizes
  5. rurbanizing
  6. ruricolist
  7. ruricolists
  8. ruridecanal
  9. rurigenous
  10. Rurika
  11. Rurikid

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