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RURALIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who lives in the country and has country ways

Synonyms:

countryman; ruralist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ruralist" is a kind of...):

rustic (an unsophisticated country person)

Instance hyponyms:

Philemon ((Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An advocate of rural living

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ruralist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

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