|  bucolic 
 
 1. a country person
 • Syn:
 peasant, provincial
 • Derivationally related forms:
 peasanthood (for: peasant)
 • Hypernyms:
 rustic
 • Hyponyms:
 cotter, cottar, muzhik, moujik, mujik, muzjik
 2. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
 • Syn:
 eclogue, idyll, idyl
 • Hypernyms:
 pastoral
 
 1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic (Freq. 1)
 - a country life of arcadian contentment
 - a pleasant bucolic scene
 - charming in its pastoral setting
 - rustic tranquility
 • Syn:
 arcadian, pastoral
 • Similar to:
 rural
 • Derivationally related forms:
 pastoral (for: pastoral), Arcadian (for: arcadian)
 2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
 - pastoral seminomadic people
 - pastoral land
 - a pastoral economy
 • Syn:
 pastoral
 • Pertains to noun:
 shepherd (for: pastoral), shepherd
 
 
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