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compatriotic

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com⋅pa⋅tri⋅ot

  [kuhm-pey-tree-uht or, especially Brit., -pa-]
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–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
–adjective
2. of the same country.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL compatriōta. See com-, patriot

Related forms:
com⋅pa⋅tri⋅ot⋅ic  [kuhm-pey-tree-ot-ik or, especially Brit., -pa-] , adjective
com⋅pa⋅tri⋅ot⋅ism, noun
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com·pa·tri·ot   (kəm-pā'trē-ət, -ŏt')   
n.  

  1. A person from one's own country.

  2. A colleague.


[French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriōta : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin patriōta, countryman; see patriot.]
com·pa'tri·ot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk) adj.
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