countrypeople

coun·try·peo·ple

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuhn-tree-pee-puh l]
- /ˈkʌn triˌpi pəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuhn-tree-pee-puh l]
- /ˈkʌn triˌpi pəl/

Definitions of countrypeople word

abbreviation COUNTRYPEOPLE countryfolk. 1
noun countrypeople Plural form of countryperson. 1
noun countrypeople plural of countryperson. 0

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Origin of countrypeople

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

First recorded in 1570-80; country + people

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Parts of speech for Countrypeople

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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countrypeople popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

countrypeople usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for countrypeople

noun countrypeople

provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
boor — If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude.
farmer — Fannie (Merritt) [mer-it] /ˈmɛr ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
hillbilly — a term used to refer to a person from a backwoods or other remote area, especially from the mountains of the southern U.S. (sometimes used facetiously).
hayseed — grass seed, especially that shaken out of hay.

All 14 Synonyms of countrypeople

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