Definition of Ruralist

1. Noun. An advocate of rural living.

Generic synonyms: Advocate, Advocator, Exponent, Proponent

2. Noun. A man who lives in the country and has country ways.
Exact synonyms: Countryman
Generic synonyms: Rustic
Specialized synonyms: Philemon

Definition of Ruralist

1. n. One who leads a rural life.

Definition of Ruralist

1. Noun. One that exhibits characteristics or qualities of rural life; one that exhibists or believes in ruralism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruralist

1. one who lives in the country [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruralist

rupturing
rural
rural area
rural cutaneous leishmaniasis
rural health
rural health services
rural population
rural sanitary district
rurales
ruralise
ruralised
ruralises
ruralising
ruralism
ruralisms
ruralist (current term)
ruralists
ruralite
ruralites
ruralities
rurality
ruralization
ruralize
ruralized
ruralizes
ruralizing
rurally
ruralness
ruralpolitan
ruralpolitans

Literary usage of Ruralist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rural Life by Charles Josiah Galpin (1918)
"The radical ruralist will be the more easily described. He may accept the danger of tenancy, the weakness of an individualistic rural economy, the paralysis ..."

2. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1901)
"<Southern ruralist, April, 1897. 921. SANDERSON, ED Some foes of the cabbage. ... <Southern ruralist, March, 1898. <Fla. Farmer, 26 February, 1898. ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1871)
"The ruralist says : " Towards the latter part of summer, if your plants show signs of giving out, give them a moderate pruning, and mulch them to the depth ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"January Number,—In a short account given by A ruralist, ... I do not like the language which ruralist applies to this gentleman's establishment. ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1910)
"A variety introduced by JF Merriam, editor of the Southern ruralist. It is the old Texas Bur variety renamed and said to have been culled of its impurities. ..."

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