country-side

A form of countryside — An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.

Meanings

nouncountry-side (plural country-sides)

plural country-sides

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of countryside.

    Capitalist operations in the country-side were on the way out. The dominant economic force in the country-side now became the wealthier working peasant, with a few hired hands under him.

    1972, Dorothy W. Douglas with Lynn Turgeon, chapter XV, in Transitional Economic Systems, The Polish-Czech Example, New York and London: Monthly Review Press, page 318
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