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countryman

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coun·try·man  (kntr-mn)
n.
1. A person from one's own country; a compatriot.
2. A native or inhabitant of a particular country.
3. A man who lives in the country or has country ways.

countryman [ˈkʌntrɪmən]
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.countrymancountryman - a man from your own country          
compatriot - a person from your own country
2.countryman - a man who lives in the country and has country ways
rustic - an unsophisticated country person

countryman
noun
1. compatriot, fellow citizen He beat his fellow countryman in the final.
2. yokel, farmer, peasant, provincial, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, swain, hillbilly, bucolic, country dweller, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), clodhopper (informal), husbandman, cockie (N.Z.), (country) bumpkin He had the red face of a countryman.
Translations
countryman [ˈkʌntrɪmən] N (countrymen (pl))
1. (= rural dweller) → hombre m del campo, campesino m
2. (= fellow-countryman) → compatriota mf
countryman [ˈkʌntrimən] n
(= compatriot) → compatriote m
(= country dweller) → habitant m de la campagne, campagnard m
country music ncountry m or f, musique f country
country of origin npays m d'origine
countryman [ˈkʌntrɪmən] n (-men (pl)) (compatriot) → compatriota m, connazionale m; (country dweller) → campagnolo
countryman [ˈkʌntrɪmən] n (-men (pl)) (compatriot) → compatriota m, connazionale m; (country dweller) → campagnolo


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But a Countryman who stood by said: "Call that a pig's squeak
The next man he met was a countryman carrying a fine white goose.
I have seen the low countryman in arms, and I have nought to say against him.
 
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