countrypeople

[ kuhn-tree-pee-puhl ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. countryfolk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of countrypeople¹

First recorded in 1570–80; country + people

Example Sentences

I have enthusiastically embraced my new identity and would like to take this opportunity to wish a very happy, if somewhat belated, St Patrick’s Day to my new countrypeople.

From The Guardian

“I want my countrypeople to rest assured that cross-strait relations will not be reckless,” Tsai said.

From Los Angeles Times

When we were at Mentone an old lady informed me one day of the arrival of some of my 'countrypeople.'

From Project Gutenberg

I said to my friend, 'They are not my countrypeople; they are South Americans.'

From Project Gutenberg

Do our countrypeople not transmit from generation to generation narratives that go back to—" "A thousand and fifteen hundred years, and even further back, like the stories of Myrdin and of The Baron of Jauioz, with which I have been rocked to sleep in my cradle.

From Project Gutenberg