countryman

1 a person living in or originally from the same country as another met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France Synonyms compatriot, landsmanRelated Words countrywoman; nationalist, patriot; citizen, national, subject; aborigine, native;, residentNear Antonyms alien, foreigner, immigrant, outsider

2 an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature Synonyms bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, hick, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokelRelated Words boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineerNear Antonyms slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); metropolitan, suburbanite, urbaniteAntonyms cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate