1
as in compatriot
a person living in or originally from the same country as another
met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France
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2
as in peasant
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature
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Recent Examples of countryman
Thankfully, her fellow countrymen rush to her aid and criticize the copper for arresting the victim.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Men’s downhill: Odermatt (605 points) leads countryman Franjo von Allmen by 83 points.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2025
How a popular Zelensky will navigate to the satisfaction of his countrymen an even more contentious relationship with the US remains to be seen.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The Northern Irishman convincingly defeated J.J. Spaun in a 3-hole playoff on a day of great significance to him and his countrymen, St. Patrick's Day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Men’s downhill: Odermatt (605 points) leads countryman Franjo von Allmen by 83 points.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2025
How a popular Zelensky will navigate to the satisfaction of his countrymen an even more contentious relationship with the US remains to be seen.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The Northern Irishman convincingly defeated J.J. Spaun in a 3-hole playoff on a day of great significance to him and his countrymen, St. Patrick's Day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryman
Noun
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But the curiosity in him became uncomfortable when he was criticized for slow play and a feud developed with compatriot Brooks Koepka.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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The Animal Humane Society says that a cat reared indoors can live up to 20 years, compared to their outdoor compatriots who usually live to around 3 or 4 years old.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The program helps bring citizens to space in a reusable suborbital rocket system.—
Jennifer Earl, Analisa Novak,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, officers arrested an attorney who was representing citizens in police abuse cases against the department.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sorrentino may also be exorcising some conflicting feelings about his birthplace, which is portrayed as a vulgar, crude place populated by crooks and hicks and photographed like its paradise.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.—
D. T. Max,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
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Several vessels collided, terrifying the uninitiated landsmen on board.—
David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 June 2022
Noun
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This removed one of the last obstacles preventing poor provincials from governing the empire.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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While early imperial aristocrats saw provincials as subject nations with their own cultures, their working-class replacements considered Romans a single people and expected all to share the same values.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In real time, the audience, the queens watching, and perhaps Suzie herself all learn that Suzie has a knack for sexiness onstage, even though she’s dressed as a clown.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2025
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Among the mass-shooting victims is a bloodied clown who was performing at the festival.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Florida yokels versus the elite Hollywood movie-star kind of group.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 July 2024
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Ben’s refusal to stand down for a middle-aged white man seeking to wrest power from him was radical, as was the film’s ending, in which the hero was shot by yokels failing to distinguish him from the zombies previously described as animals.—
Richard Newby,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Oct. 2024
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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryman. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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