country person; rustic
Refers to someone from the countryside, often with a nuance of being unsophisticated or provincial. The term is somewhat dated and may carry a slightly pejorative tone.
彼は在郷者らしい素朴さを持っている。
He has a simplicity typical of a country person.
都会の人々は時に在郷者を田舎者と呼ぶ。
City people sometimes call country folk 'inakamono'.
Compound of 在郷 (ざいごう, 'in the countryside') + 者 (もの, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term appears in older literary contexts.