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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
Prommegger, alas, didn’t reach the finals, as he was knocked out in the qualifying run by his countryman, Benjamin Karl.
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Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
Zacha’s countryman David Pastrnak was a flag bearer for Czechia at the opening ceremonies.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
But the Italian kept gaining ground and, perhaps boosted by the loud support from her countrymen in the seats, surged on the final lap, arms swinging behind her.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
But the new trophy, which was last won by Argentina in 2022, will be in Kansas City, where Lionel Messi and his countrymen will begin their quest to win it again.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
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Outside, 9 Feb. 2026
Zacha’s countryman David Pastrnak was a flag bearer for Czechia at the opening ceremonies.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
But the Italian kept gaining ground and, perhaps boosted by the loud support from her countrymen in the seats, surged on the final lap, arms swinging behind her.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
But the new trophy, which was last won by Argentina in 2022, will be in Kansas City, where Lionel Messi and his countrymen will begin their quest to win it again.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryman
Noun
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My dear compatriots, Decisive moments lie before us.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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Two-time Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejčíková withdrew after winning her opening match, giving Amanda Anisimova a walkover, as did Krejčíková’s compatriot Sára Bejlek and Australia’s Daria Kasatkina.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Peasant Blouses Perhaps the easy way to get in on the Wuthering Heights hype is with a breezy, ethereal peasant blouse.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
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Both were the children of peasant farmers and had grown up in homes made of adobe and sticks.—
Caitlin Dickerson,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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More than 17,500 American citizens have returned to the US from the Middle East since the war with Iran began six days ago, according to the State Department.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Let’s go, Sacramento, and do the right thing, for the health of SNAP families, and all of our citizens.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 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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Heated Rivalry is okay, but for Connor Storrie clown is more easy.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2026
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In front of him, idolatrous Republican lawmakers popped up and down to applaud like clowns in wind-up music boxes of old.—
Jackie Calmes,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Part of his way of taking it yokel — besides bringing in Foo Fighter Rami Jaffee on accordion and Willie Aron blowing harmonica — was to add a previously unheard yodel to the chorus.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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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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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryman. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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