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as in countryman
a person living in or originally from the same country as another
an appeal to all of his compatriots to come to their country's aid in its hour of need
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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
doesn't indulge in the lavish lifestyle of his compatriots in the movie business
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Recent Examples of compatriot
White South Africans still control vast swathes of land, dominate the business sector, and have far better access to healthcare, education, and infrastructure than their Black compatriots.
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Time, 22 May 2025
Anonymous figures brazenly blocking streets and shutting down major freeways, raining bottles and rocks on the police, while their compatriots waved Mexican flags.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Unfortunately, The Predator’s best joke ends up being that Shane Black, who played one of Schwarzenegger’s compatriots in the 1987 film, serves as co-writer and director of this version.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 June 2025
The 31-year-old dropped the first two games to her compatriot, but then won six of the next seven to breeze into a 1-0 lead.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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Time, 22 May 2025
Anonymous figures brazenly blocking streets and shutting down major freeways, raining bottles and rocks on the police, while their compatriots waved Mexican flags.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Unfortunately, The Predator’s best joke ends up being that Shane Black, who played one of Schwarzenegger’s compatriots in the 1987 film, serves as co-writer and director of this version.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 June 2025
The 31-year-old dropped the first two games to her compatriot, but then won six of the next seven to breeze into a 1-0 lead.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compatriot
Noun
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The 21-year-old has been replaced by 18-year-old fellow countryman Michael Dike on a two-year deal from Treaty United in the Republic of Ireland’s second tier.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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However, there is no true document of how that feud was perceived by Drake’s fellow countrymen.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
18 June 2025
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James 'Cicero' Kalinowski (Oliver Platt) is transactional Uncle Jimmy Family relations: Longtime family friend and business associate.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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According to a 1996 Los Angeles Times piece, an 18th Street operative pitched his plan for taking over Orange County in a back alley in Cudahy, with two dozen associates in tow.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2025
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Mamdani’s mother is a famous filmmaker Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, to Indian parents and became an American citizen in 2018, shortly after graduating college.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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Advertisement Some countries, including China, Denmark, and Finland, have issued travel advisories to their citizens about heading to the U.S. in response to various Trump policies.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
25 June 2025
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Together with his colleague Richard Wetherald at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, N.J., Manabe used a simple climate model to show that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 would lead to more efficient trapping of heat in the troposphere.—
Ben Santer,
Scientific American,
4 July 2025
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In the days since the concert, a number of friends, family, and colleagues have asked me about it—mostly inquiring about the set list and the car prop malfunction.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 July 2025
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The Trump administration is putting an end to Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status designation, dealing yet another devastating blow to roughly a half-million Haitian nationals, some of whom have lived in the United States for more than a decade.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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Mehran Makari Saheli, was one of 11 Iranian nationals arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a 48-hour period in eight states, according to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
27 June 2025
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Whether this comes to you from family, friends, or your own belief systems, this is a month that’s asking you to see who (and what) are really meant for you.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 July 2025
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Indeed, environmental advocacy groups appear to share her concerns, and several, including Friends of the Everglades, sued the DeSantis administration on Friday in an effort to halt the project.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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His alleged accomplice, Swygert, is already serving time for a separate 2021 murder.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
1 July 2025
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The accomplices allegedly hosted laptop farms in their homes in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, authorities claimed.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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The clip, which Ring shared with Newsweek, captures a typical afternoon for Mako, who can be seen on the footage heading over to his buddy Leonard's house.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Should Congress enact an antitrust exemption for college sports, perhaps, or create a special class of non-employment for student-athletes to ensure they can be exploited in perpetuity by sleazy college officials in polyester slacks and their booster buddies?—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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“Compatriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compatriot. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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