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rūsticus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bumpkin noun An unsophisticated, awkward person from the countryside; a yokel.
  • country noun A nation with its own government and defined territory.
  • peasant noun Historically, a small farmer or agricultural laborer, especially one with a low social and economic status.
  • rustic adj Having a simple, rural charm; countrified in style.

Senses

rūsticus is used for these senses in English:

  • bumpkin A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
  • country From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.
  • peasant A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
  • peasant A country person.
  • rustic Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
  • rustic Crude, rough.
  • rustic A rural person.

country — full definition

  1. noun A nation with its own government and defined territory.
  2. noun Rural land, as opposed to cities and towns.
  3. adj Relating to or typical of rural areas, or of country music.

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