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compatriot

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com·pa·tri·ot  (km-ptr-t, -t)
n.
1. A person from one's own country.
2. A colleague.

[French compatriote, from Late Latin compatrita : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin patrita, countryman; see patriot.]

com·patri·otic (-tk) adj.

compatriot
Noun
a fellow countryman or countrywoman [French compatriote]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.compatriot - a person from your own country
national, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
countryman - a man from your own country
countrywoman - a woman from your own country

compatriot
noun fellow countryman, countryman, fellow citizen
Translations
compatriot
n compatriot [kəmˈpӕtriət, (American ) -ˈpei-]
a fellow-countryman Many of his compatriots were killed in the war. landgenoot, volksgenoot مُواطِن، من نَفْس البَلَد съотечественик krajan landsmand der Landsmann, die Landsmännin συμπατριώτης compatriota kaasmaalane هموطن maanmies compatriote בֵּן אוֹתָה אֶרֶץ हमवतन zemljak, sunarodnjak honfitárs kawan setanah air samlandi compatriota 同国人 동포 tėvynainis tautietis teman senegeri landgenoot landsmann rodak compatriota compatriot соотечественник krajan, -ka rojak sunarodnik landsman คนที่เป็นชาติเดียวกัน yurttaş, vatandaş 同胞 співвітчизник ہم وطن ، برادرِ وطن đồng bào


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The other treated him at once to an exciting beverage, and expatiated on the pleasure of meeting a compatriot in a foreign land; to hear him, you would have thought they had encountered in Central Africa.
Cropoli, in his character of a compatriot, was indulgent towards Pittrino, which was the name of the artist.
At this demand D'Artagnan gave his name very modestly, emphasized the title of compatriot, and begged the servant who had put the question to him to request a moment's audience of M.
 
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