COUNTRYFOLK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does countryfolk mean? 

• COUNTRYFOLK (noun)
  The noun COUNTRYFOLK has 2 senses:

1. people living in the same country; compatriots

2. people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics

  Familiarity information: COUNTRYFOLK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTRYFOLK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

People living in the same country; compatriots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

country people; countryfolk

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

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

Sense 2

Meaning:

People raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

country people; countryfolk

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

common people; folk; folks (people in general (often used in the plural))