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Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
  2. n. A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.
  3. adj. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  4. adj. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  5. n. a country person
  6. n. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
  7. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.
  8. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd;pastoral; rustic.
  9. j:100 a. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle