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Countryfolk

noun

People living in the same country; compatriots. Synonym: country people.

People raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics. Synonym: country people.

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"Countryfolk" Quotes from Famous Books

... had set in, as we were in bed one night, I heard the voices again; and though my wife had told me of her countryfolk's swangeans in that place, I, being frighted a little, waked her; and she hearing them too, cried out, "There they are! it is ten to one but my sister or some of our family are there. Hark! I believe I hear her voice." I myself hearkened very attentively; and by this time ...

— Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.) • Robert Paltock

... third morning, when mass was due, the great churchyard by the minster was full of weeping countryfolk; for they served him in ...

— The Fall of the Niebelungs • Unknown

Words linked to "Countryfolk" : folks, people, citizenry, common people, country people, folk