Archaic term for a person from the countryside, often with a derogatory nuance similar to 田舎者. Not used in modern Japanese.
See also: 田舎者
In the past, '国者' was a word for someone who came from the countryside.
person from the same province
Archaic term for someone from the same region or province. This sense is also obsolete.
In the Edo period, people from the same province were sometimes called '国者'.
Compound of 国 (kuni, 'country, province') and 者 (mono, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern for forming nouns referring to types of people.