Main entry: peasant, provincial, bucolic
Definition: a country person
Main entry: provincial
Definition: (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
Usage: the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
Main entry: provincial
Definition: characteristic of the provinces or their people
Usage: deeply provincial and conformist; in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial; narrow provincial attitudes
Main entry: provincial
Definition: of or associated with a province
Usage: provincial government