About The Word Rural
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Rural
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What's The Definition Of Rural?
[adj] relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery (RFD)"
[adj] living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rural: agrarian | agrestic | agricultural | arcadian | bucolic | campestral | countrified | country(a) | country-bred | countryfied | country-style | cracker-barrel | farm(a) | farming(a) | folksy | frontier(a) | hick | hobnailed | homespun | pastoral | rustic Related Terms | Find terms related to Rural: See Also | Rural In Webster's Dictionary \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the
country. Cf. {Room} space, {Rustic}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a
city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or
resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural
prospect.
Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs.
--Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
{Rural dean}. (Eccl.) See under {Dean}.
{Rural deanery} (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of
a rural dean.
Syn: Rustic.
Usage: {Rural}, {Rustic}. Rural refers to the country itself;
as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic
refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of
the original inhabitants of the country, who were
generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a
rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture,
etc.
We turn To where the silver Thames first rural
grows. --Thomson.
Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To
manly confidence thy throughts apply. --Dryden.
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