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countryfolk

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Noun1.countryfolk - people living in the same country; compatriots
country people
citizenry, people - the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"
2.countryfolk - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics
country people
common people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"


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Especially after 1949, when what slight amount of citizenship to be found in China was gradually eliminated, city folk became even more peasantised (or decitizenised) than countryfolk.
Citizen movements and China's public intellectuals in the Hu-Wen Era by Kelly, David / Pacific Affairs
and exposed himself in so doing to the anger of his countryfolk and their assault.
Huda Sha'rawi's 'Mudhakkirati': the memoirs of the first lady of Arab ... by Kahf, Mohja / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
As a result, Wegert successfully argues that, even though state and church initiatives were widespread, the countryfolk of Swabia held onto many of their traditional values and mores.
Popular Culture, Crime, and Social Control in 18th-Century Wurttemberg by Frey, Dennis, Jr. / Journal of Social History
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