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Definition of Rural

1. Adjective. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. "An economy that is basically rural"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city. "Rural free delivery"

Definition of Rural

1. a. 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.

Definition of Rural

1. Adjective. pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rural

1. pertaining to the country [adj]

Medical Definition of Rural

1. 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. The state, office, or residence, of a rural dean. Synonym: 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) Origin: F, fr. L.ruralis, fr. Rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rural

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Literary usage of Rural

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Efficiency and preparation of rural school Man behind the bow. ... School and Soc 1:37-50 Ja 9 '15 Beginning in rural high-school work and Educ Assn ..."

2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1921)
"And who are these other rural agencies whose belief and co-operation we are asking? The target for all the existing rural agencies is the farm home, ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Econ J 27:417-20 S '17 rural architecture. See Country houses rural church. See Country church • rural credit. See Agricultural credit rural hygiene. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"rural LIBRARIES of the present are largely an outgrowth of the general library ... These libraries served an excellent purpose in familiarizing the rural ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"rural LIBRARIES of the present are largely an outgrowth of the general library ... These libraries served an excellent purpose in familiarizing the rural ..."

6. Report (1905)
"Social Condition of the rural Population. Nativity; color; illiteracy; families; ... The Social Psychology of rural Life. 1. Isolation and its results. 3. ..."

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