countryman
Use Countryman in a sentence
tri noun, plural coun·try·men.
1.
a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
2.
a native or inhabitant of a particular region.
3.
a person who lives in the country.
4.
an unsophisticated person, as one who lives in or comes from a rural area; rustic.
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| —n , pl -men | |
| 1. | a person who lives in the country |
| 2. | a person from a particular country or from one's own country (esp in the phrase fellow countryman) |
| 'countrywoman | |
| —fem n | |
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Example sentences
Despite profuse apologies from my fellow-countryman, our hostess refused to speak to him for several days.
The third had the look of a countryman-a vet, perhaps, or a small farmer.
Even to hear the voice of a countryman after not having seen one for many months is an exciting thing.
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