compatriot

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Noun

compatriot (plural compatriots)

1. Somebody from one's own country.

   • the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America

Synonyms

• fellow citizen
• fellow countryman, fellow countrywoman

Translations

• French: compatriote
• German: Landsmann, Landsmännin
• Italian: compatriota, connazionale, paesano
• Portuguese: compatriota, compatrício, patrício
• Russian: сооте́чественник
• Spanish: compatriota, paisano, coterráneo

Adjective

compatriot

1. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.

   • She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, / Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind.

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