ruralist

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But in recent weeks, da Silva has sought allies in the powerful ruralist bloc in Brazil’s Congress.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2022

In Congress, a large coalition known as the ruralist bloc has championed scores of measures to ease access to minerals and potential farmland in protected areas.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2018

The lone fisherman of the Isaak Walton type had become, in the New World, the wood-walker, the flower-hunter, the bird-fancier, the berry-picker, and many another variety of the modern ruralist.

From Nathaniel Hawthorne by Woodberry, George Edward

He was a type of the southern ruralist, broad, flapping straw hat, home-woven shirt, cottonade trousers, one suspender.

From Old Ebenezer by Read, Opie Percival

I've got the very thing you want," said the stableman to a ruralist in search of a horse; "a thorough-going road horse.

From Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal by Various