As they walked, on their way into the country.
Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ).
God made the covatry, and man made the town.
Cowper.
Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country.
Macaulay.
3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
All the country in a general voice
Cried hate upon him.
Shak.
4. (Law) (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.