countryman
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countryman¹
- /ˈkʌntɹimən/
Where it comes from
From country + -man.
noun countrymen
- Somebody from a certain country.
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Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:
Similar: compatriot, fellow citizen, homelander
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A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
a countryman boldly averred that "nowt but a hare had come that way"
Similar: country mouse · Opposite: city mouse
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A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
Opposite: traveller
Countryman²
proper noun Countrymans
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun somebody from a certain country
| 日本語 | 国民 kokumin |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 國民 /国民 guómín |
| Português | nacional |
| Français | citoyen, citoyenne, habitant, habitante |
| Deutsch | Landsmann, Landsmännin |
| Русский | жи́тель žítelʹ, жи́тельница žítelʹnica, граждани́н graždanín, гражда́нка graždánka |
noun somebody from one's own country
| Español | paisano, paisana, compatriota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동포 dongpo |
| 日本語 | 同胞 |
| 中文 | 同胞 tóngbāo |
| Português | compatriota |
| Français | compatriote |
| Deutsch | Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau, Kompatriot, Kompatriotin |
| Italiano | connazionale |
| Русский | сооте́чественник sootéčestvennik, сооте́чественница sootéčestvennica, земля́к zemlják, земля́чка zemljáčka |
| Tiếng Việt | đồng bào |
| العربية | مُوَاطِن muwāṭin |
noun country dweller
| Español | campesino, campesina |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 田舎者 inakamono |
| 中文 | 農民 /农民 nóngmín, 農村人 /农村人 nóngcūnrén |
| Português | campesino, campesina, camponês, camponesa |
| Français | campagnard, campagnarde |
| Deutsch | Landmann, Landfrau, Landbewohner, Landbewohnerin, Landei, Landpomeranze |
| Ελληνικά | αγρότης agrótis, αγρότισσα agrótissa |
| Русский | се́льский жи́тель sélʹskij žítelʹ, се́льская жи́тельница sélʹskaja žítelʹnica, селя́нин seljánin, селя́нка seljánka |
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title = {countryman},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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