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Rural - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Rural : adj
1: living in or characteristic of farming or country life;
"rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved
rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
[ant: urban]
2: relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural
free delivery (RFD)"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rural : \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the
country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a
city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or
resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural
prospect.
Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs.
--Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean.
Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of
a rural dean.
Syn: Rustic.
Usage: Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself;
as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic
refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of
the original inhabitants of the country, who were
generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a
rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture,
etc.
We turn To where the silver Thames first rural
grows. --Thomson.
Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To
manly confidence thy throughts apply. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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RURAL. That which relates to the country, asRural : servitudes. See Urban.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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