Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rural"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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)"


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