Compatriot

//kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət// adj, noun

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Definitions

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
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, […]"

Synonyms

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countrymanfellowadjunctallyassociatebedfellow

Example

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"This fundamental conviction is summarized in a poem by my compatriot Robert Burns: "A Man's a Man for a' that"."

Etymology

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

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fellow countrymangeneric term

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