Definition of "country-bred" [country-bred]

• Bred or brought up in the country.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But we can, and should, go back even further, to the fons et origo of this sort of thing: the coterie of literary wingnuts who have insisted that Shakespeare was simply too oafish, ill-educated and country-bred to write the plays attributed to him."
• "From the above-quoted, second track and single "No Surprise" and on, it's Daughtry 2.0 (down from "You Don't Belong" 's 3.5), which is okay since Leave This Town still kicks its multi-hit, multi-platinum predecessor's ass, alternating between big guitar'd, Creed-inspired grunge-a-longs and country-bred, beer hall breakup ballads across its twelve powerful tracks."
• "I can only imagine what a heady sense of pure excitement all this must have meant to the country-bred lad from Dorset."