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Examples of compatriot in a Sentence
We watched our compatriots compete in the Olympics.
the famous actor and his theater compatriots
Recent Examples of compatriot from the Web
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American Tatyana McFadden, who was making her comeback, surged to a dominant victory in the women's wheelchair race, winning in 2:04:39 over compatriot Susannah Scaroni {2:20:01).
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In fact, smelling the potential for trouble and aware of its compatriot’s ambivalence toward America, the State Department had asked its embassy people in Paris to ingratiate themselves to the Wrights in as many ways as possible.
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Most important among Kelly’s compatriots was White House staff secretary Rob Porter, the gatekeeper who controlled the paper flow into the Oval Office.
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Like Dostoyevsky in his Siberian prison camp, Kempowski in Bautzen encountered the stories of his compatriots, and committed himself to telling them, both in fictional and in documentary form.
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The peep-toe pump wants to show you a little more skin than its compatriots.
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Even their Palestinian compatriots call them out on their radical political dilettantism.
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The two were compatriots at NBCUniversal**, where Zucker was CEO until 2011.
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Participation in those places among younger voters is generally higher, sometimes significantly so, than among their 18 to 21-year-old compatriots.
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Origin and Etymology of compatriot
First Known Use: 1611
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearcompatriot Synonyms
Related Words
colleague, coworker, equal, peer, workmate;
accomplice, affiliate, ally, collaborator, confederate, half, partner;
buddy, chum, confidant, familiar, friend, hearty, intimate, pal;
classmate, housemate, messmate, playfellow, playmate, roommate (also roomie), schoolmate, shipmate, teammate;
COMPATRIOT Defined for English Language Learners
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: a person from the same country as someone else
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: a friend or colleague : someone who belongs to the same group or organization as someone else
COMPATRIOT Defined for Kids
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