RURAL
ADJECTIVES
1542 ► RUSTICAL relating to the countryside or country life; rural
1770 ► LANDWARD rural; rustic → Sc.
1840 ► EPICHORIAL pertaining to the country; rural → rare
1842 ► RURALIST characteristic of a ruralist; rural
1842 ► RURICOLOUS living or working in the country; rural → US sl.
1915 ► RURBAN relating to or designating an area sharing both rural and urban characteristics
1938 ► CRACKER-BARREL rural, rustic, of homely philosophy → US
1950 ► BOONDOCK rural → US sl.
2006 ► CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1607 ► RUSTICATION a rural pastime or occupation → obs.
1611 ► RURALITY a being rural; ruralness
1641 ► THE RURALTY a place’s rural inhabitants considered collectively → obs.
1775 ► RURALITIES rural objects, features, or areas
1832 ► RURALIZATION a spending time in the country; also, a rural excursion → obs.
1835 ► RURALISM a being rural; country life
M19 ► TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods → US sl.
1850 ► COW COUNTY a rural place, ‘the sticks’ → Amer. dial.
1851 ► RURALIZATION rural life; ruralness → obs.
1854 ► RURALISM a rural idiom or expression; also, a rural trait or habit
1891 ► LANDFOLK country people, rural population → Sc.
1900 ► SNOB-NOB the self-appointed rural ‘aristocracy’ → NZ sl.
1926 ► CHITLIN SWITCH any small, rural southern town → African-American sl.
1927 ► RURBANIZATION the influence of rural society on urban life, or vice versa
1942 ► RURURBAN partly rural and party urban → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place → Amer. dial.
1974 ► PUMKIN → PUMPKIN → PUNKIN a small town or rural community → Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use (Bk.)
1977 ► BUTT-FUCK a small, remote, rural town, esp. one characterized as undistinguished or insignificant
1990 ► BALLYGOBACKWARDS an urban nickname for what is seen as a typical rural town → Irish sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1828 ► WOOL HAT a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force → Amer. dial.
1841 ► RURALITE a country dweller; on who lives in a rural area
M19 ► APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person → US sl.
1891 ► REDNECK a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist → Amer. dial., derogatory
1903 ► BACK-TO-THE-LANDER a townsman converted into a rural worker
1905 ► ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person → Amer. sl.
1910 ► APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person → US sl.
1911 ► MAN ON THE LAND a farmer or other rural worker → Aust. sl.
1912 ► ANAROOGIAN a very rural old fellow → Amer. dial.
1920 ► BACKBLOCKSER one who livers in a remote or rural area → Aust. colloq.
1930 ► APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person → US sl.
1931 ► WOODCHUCK a rural dweller, esp. a Northern redneck → US sl.
1936 ► STUMP-JUMPER a rural person; a farmer → 1936
1964 ► JAAPIE an unsophisticated person, esp. one from a rural area; patronizing usage if not offensive → S. Afr. sl.
1970 ► BARN FLY a rustic person; one from a rural area → Amer. dial.
1978 ► REB any poor, rural, White southerner → US sl.
1986 ► WOOL HATTER a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force → Amer. dial.
1991 ► CAKE a rural person → Irish sl., derogatory
1995 ► WOLLYBACK anyone living in a rural area → Ireland sl.
2006 ► BAMMA a rural person, such as someone from Alabama; a hick → US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
2006 ► CORNBALL a stupid or corny person, esp. if rural → US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1699 ► RUSTICATE to make rustic or rural in nature or character; to countrify
1761 ► RURALIZE to spend time in the country; to engage in rural pursuits
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