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countryfolk

[ kuhn-tree-fohk ]

/ ˈkʌn triˌfoʊk /

noun (used with a plural verb)

people living or raised in the country; rustics.

people from the same country; compatriots.

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characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction.

carried on abroad, or with other countries.

relating to or being a people who are the original, earliest known inhabitants of a region, or are their descendants.

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Also called countrypeople.

Origin of countryfolk

First recorded in 1540–50; country + folk

Words nearby countryfolk

country code, country cousin, country-dance, country fever, countryfied, countryfolk, country-fried, country fries, country gentleman, country house, country kitchen

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Example sentences from the Web for countryfolk

But he is safe from the immediate attack of the fiends, and he is out of the way of the countryfolk.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
You look at him pensively, and suddenly see one of the great everyday distances between your countryfolk and his.
Home Life in Germany|Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
He knew the countryside and the countryfolk inside out, and he was a living unwritten chronicle of the East Wessex hunt.
When William Came|Saki
I have affected perfect credulity in order to throw the Hickeys and countryfolk off their guard with me.
The Miraculous Revenge|Bernard Shaw

Young as she is, she may understand these things better than countryfolk like us.
The Day of Wrath|Louis Tracy

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