countryman vs ruralist

countryman and ruralist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
countryman	Yes	No	No	No
ruralist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, countryman and ruralist are synonyms defined as:

countryman and ruralist: a man who lives in the country and has country ways

countryman (noun)	ruralist (noun)
a man from your own country	an advocate of rural living
a man who lives in the country and has country ways	a man who lives in the country and has country ways