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Definition of "country music" []

  • Popular music based on the folk style of the southern rural United States or on the music of cowboys in the American West. Also called country and western. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "country music" in a sentence
  • "According to Nancy, the night guard at Bio-Med’s main gate loved country music and listened to it constantly while in his kiosk."
  • "Randy Skaggs and his wife sang some country music and were followed by Marilyn McCoo, a glorious black singer who is a joy to behold and hear, and that darling Frederica Von Stade, the opera singer with the voice of an angel."