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ruricolist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈɹɪkəlɪst/

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noun

Meaning 1

A country dweller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Latin rūricola + English -ist