countryman
noun
coun·try·man
ˈkən-trē-mən 
sense 3 often -ˌman
Examples of countryman in a Sentence
met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France
though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature
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Like Julius Caesar, Aeneas arrives on Italian soil with an army, and makes war on the native inhabitants—his own future countrymen.
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Many Iranians who hate their government nonetheless cheered the end of the war, and decried the senseless death of their countrymen at the hands of a faraway government whose concern for Iranian life was open to doubt.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
In Venice, MacKay, best known for roles in Pride, 1917 and more recently, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, has Mark Jenkin’s competition feature Rose of Nevada with fellow countryman Callum Turner.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
On Friday, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that weather had also prevented the recovery of Sinigaglia's body, but a group of mountaineers hoped to bring their countryman down the mountain with the help of a helicopter.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Many Iranians who hate their government nonetheless cheered the end of the war, and decried the senseless death of their countrymen at the hands of a faraway government whose concern for Iranian life was open to doubt.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
In Venice, MacKay, best known for roles in Pride, 1917 and more recently, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, has Mark Jenkin’s competition feature Rose of Nevada with fellow countryman Callum Turner.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
On Friday, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that weather had also prevented the recovery of Sinigaglia's body, but a group of mountaineers hoped to bring their countryman down the mountain with the help of a helicopter.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for countryman
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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countryman. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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countryman
noun
coun·try·man
ˈkən-trē-mən
sense 3 is often -ˌman
1
: a person born or living in a particular country
2
: a person born or living in the same country as another
3
: one living in the country or marked by country ways : rustic
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