out-country

[ out-kuhn-tree ]

noun

1. a remote area or region; hinterland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of out-country¹

First recorded in 1630–40

Example Sentences

“America is a well-thought-out country,” one political aide told me.

From The Daily Beast

There was no dreary suburb round Cowfold, neither town nor country, to shut out country influences.

From Project Gutenberg

A real out-and-out country New Englander knows no peer the wide world over.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• agrarian
• bucolic
• homey
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