RURALS
Noun
rurals
plural of rural
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Source: Wiktionary
RURAL
Ru"ral, a. Etym: [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.
– 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 inhabitans 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition