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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 [kəmˈpætrɪət]
n
a fellow countryman
[from French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriōta; see patriot]
compatriotic  adj
compatriotism  n
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 He beat his compatriots in the final.
Translations
compatriot [kəmˈpætrɪət] Ncompatriota mf

compatriot [kəmˈpætrɪət] n (= countryman) → compatriote mf

compatriot
nLandsmann m, → Landsmännin f

compatriot [kəmˈpætrɪət] ncompatriota m/f

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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South Korea's Red Cross told its North Korean counterpart that it will send 10,000 tons of corn, 20 tons of milk powder, and medicine "for infants and children and pregnant women and other vulnerable people on humanitarian and compatriotic grounds," according to a press release carried by Yonhap.
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