countryfolk

[ kuhn-tree-fohk ]

/ ˈkʌn triˌfoʊk /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

people living or raised in the country; rustics.

people from the same country; compatriots.

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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

How to use countryfolk in a sentence

This is how the day of the Holy Blood procession is finished by many of the countryfolk.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
The countryfolk, many of whom had remained friendly, began bringing back spoil which they had wrested from wrongful possessors.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
They had learned to play there like two well-brought-up children, in pantomime, so as not to scandalize pious countryfolk.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
But the most noticeable change occurs in the dress of countryfolk and ordinary citizens.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop

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