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Compatriot

//kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.

    "She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    Somebody from one's own country.

    "And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight degree modified, will still inherit those advantages that enabled their parents to become dominant over their compatriots."

  2. 2
    a person from your own country wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

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