relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; pastoral seminomadic people; pastoral land; a pastoral economy

[ Syn: pastoral ]

a country person

[ Syn: peasant , provincial ]

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

[ Syn: eclogue , idyll , idyl ]

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; a country life of arcadian contentment; a pleasant bucolic scene; charming in its pastoral setting; rustic tranquility

[ Syn: arcadian , pastoral ]