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
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.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Creators Weigh In Cal follows the plan until his conscience spurs him to call an audible and go live with a new broadcast, one that lets his countrymen know exactly how bad things are.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
Enda Walsh, like his predecessor and countryman Samuel Beckett, is fascinated by bodies trapped in limbo, characters suspended in between here and there.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
The reality requires a mind shift, Holness told the Miami Herald in a follow up to his appeal to his countrymen.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Creators Weigh In Cal follows the plan until his conscience spurs him to call an audible and go live with a new broadcast, one that lets his countrymen know exactly how bad things are.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
Enda Walsh, like his predecessor and countryman Samuel Beckett, is fascinated by bodies trapped in limbo, characters suspended in between here and there.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
The reality requires a mind shift, Holness told the Miami Herald in a follow up to his appeal to his countrymen.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryman
Noun
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Isak celebrates his goal against Liverpool (Stu Forster/Getty Images) His early success has already set him apart not just in Newcastle colours, but among his compatriots.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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In The Atlantic, Jonathan Chait forgives his ideological compatriots their Covid-era sins.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In his lecture at the Traditions festival, Dugin moved from peasants to a survey of modern Russian intellectual history.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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This cotton peasant blouse may be simple, but it’s also guaranteed to become one of the most versatile pieces in your closet.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If American democracy is to thrive, all citizens must recommit to the rule of law as an essential construct of a functional government.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The points include allowing espionage cases to be tried by military courts and making immigration rules stricter for Chinese citizens applying for permanent residency.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 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
Noun
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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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Caro Stowell of Thomasville was dressed up like a clown.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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The White Lotus isn’t the only piece of content that’s down to clown with sibling-on-sibling action!—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
2 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 13 Apr. 2025.
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