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as in compatriot
a person living in or originally from the same country as another
met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France
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as in peasant
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
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Recent Examples of countryman
Vedrenne worried that at least some of the Clooneys’ French countrymen would resent what looked like special treatment.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Granlund showed that Finns can also serve up a pizza when his turnover smack in the middle of the neutral zone went to his countryman Rantanen.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
Finally there’s Arthur, an upwards-failing buffoon caught—like so many of his countrymen, then and now—between Conkling’s spoils system and Garfield’s idealism.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Terri Irwin, Robert's mother and Steve's widow, recently explained the family's connection to their famous Aussie countryman, which took on new life after Steve's untimely death in 2006.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Granlund showed that Finns can also serve up a pizza when his turnover smack in the middle of the neutral zone went to his countryman Rantanen.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
Finally there’s Arthur, an upwards-failing buffoon caught—like so many of his countrymen, then and now—between Conkling’s spoils system and Garfield’s idealism.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Terri Irwin, Robert's mother and Steve's widow, recently explained the family's connection to their famous Aussie countryman, which took on new life after Steve's untimely death in 2006.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryman
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Staying at Borussia Park, Scally’s compatriot and club team-mate Gio Reyna did not start the Augsburg game after a previously encouraging spell back in the Gladbach first XI.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, the Allman Brothers, Sammy Hagar, Nancy Wilson, Stephen Marley, Billy Strings, Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, the National, Margo Price and nouveau jam act Goose counted among his many musical compatriots.—
Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Because of France’s social structure, the bulk of the financial strain fell to its peasants, while the top 1% was virtually exempt from paying taxes.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
29 Dec. 2025
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One of the most stunning exhibitions of the year put the spotlight on Our Lady of Guadalupe, which has a long history dating back to 1531, tied to four apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a peasant in Mexico.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Dec. 2025
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Brett Hull, a dual citizen who was born in Canada and played internationally for the United States, had 741 goals.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The administration has quietly directed diplomats to press allies on restricting inflows, enhancing deportation mechanisms, and ending policies perceived as favoring migrants over citizens.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Which is to say, this isn’t the story of a greedy, materialistic man who suffers a crisis of conscience while trying to pry a priceless treasure away from an uneducated hick who doesn’t know any better.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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Ricky develops romantic feelings for Chad even though Russ plays him as a soft-spoken, possibly dim rural hick who may well be a literal man-child.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Several vessels collided, terrifying the uninitiated landsmen on board.—
David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 June 2022
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Marlowe, the son of a poor Canterbury cobbler, and Shakespeare, the son of a Stratford glover and alderman, were both unlikely artistic geniuses, provincials in a nation in which social class was rigidly fixed.—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sanders is a Catholic priest and former Augustinian provincial in California and lives in the Augustinian community in North Park.—
Gary Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Brewer depicts the world of music impersonators with a fair amount of affection, like the rodeo clowns of late 20th-century America.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns – all doing spectacular feats.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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It was adapted into a huge hit movie starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, but the breakout characters were local yokels Ma and Pa Kettle, who went on to star in eight spinoff movies.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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To the yokel who makes his donations in cash and is proud of himself for knowing what LEO stands for.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryman. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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