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

I have been ruralist enough to harbour thoughts of the extent to which the woods are raided for all this New Year forestry.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson

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

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