countryman
noun/ˈkʌntrimən/
/ˈkʌntrimən/
(plural countrymen
/ˈkʌntrimən/
/ˈkʌntrimən/
)- a person born in or living in the same country as somebody else synonym compatriot
- The champion looks set to play his fellow countryman in the final.
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- a man living or born in the country, not in the town
- Even after thirty years living in the country, I fear I am not a proper countryman. I don’t farm for a living or go tramping across drenched fields, gun in hand.
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