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countrypeople

American  
[kuhn-tree-pee-puhl] / ˈkʌn triˌpi pəl /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. countryfolk.


Etymology

Origin of countrypeople

First recorded in 1570–80; country + people

Example Sentences

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Mr O'Marde says some of his countrypeople want to visit the country because of the pan-African leanings of its leader, Ibrahim Traoré.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

Who, for example, could imagine the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse or George Washington, first in the hearts of his countrypeople?

From Time Magazine Archive

To Pougues, nevertheless, we went, and if these notes induce the more enterprising of my countrypeople to do the same next summer, they are not likely to repent of the experiment.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

You know that all your other towns are in my power, and your countrypeople are peacefully tilling their fields while you are uselessly dying of hunger.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

We saw not their hue, but we recognized their cry as that of our countrypeople.

From Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various