country mouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A countryperson; someone with country ways.
  2. A member of support personnel who travels around, rather than remaining at the base.

Word forms

country mouse country mice

Etymology

An allusion to The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, one of Aesop's Fables.

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