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as in compatriots
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 peasants
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 countrymen
So, games like Friday night’s matchup in the District of Columbia, where the two countrymen meet head-to-head, are worth savoring.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Faced with increasingly violent expressions of social and economic tensions at home and accumulating threats abroad, the Duke vowed to step in should his countrymen demand it.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Koreans, angered by images of their countrymen shackled by ICE, may choose to play hardball and continue withholding their investments.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Hitler used hatred of Jews as a fulcrum around which to gain full and absolute control of his countrymen.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
The team also has a heavy Argentine influence with eight fellow countrymen whose careers Silvetti has followed.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Like Julius Caesar, Aeneas arrives on Italian soil with an army, and makes war on the native inhabitants—his own future countrymen.
—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
Based on screenwriter Ben Shattuck’s short story of the same name, the film follows two men who fall in love at the Boston Music Conservatory—and reconnect after the war ends, traveling through rural Maine to record the folk songs of their fellow countrymen.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Faced with increasingly violent expressions of social and economic tensions at home and accumulating threats abroad, the Duke vowed to step in should his countrymen demand it.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Koreans, angered by images of their countrymen shackled by ICE, may choose to play hardball and continue withholding their investments.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Hitler used hatred of Jews as a fulcrum around which to gain full and absolute control of his countrymen.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
The team also has a heavy Argentine influence with eight fellow countrymen whose careers Silvetti has followed.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Like Julius Caesar, Aeneas arrives on Italian soil with an army, and makes war on the native inhabitants—his own future countrymen.
—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
Based on screenwriter Ben Shattuck’s short story of the same name, the film follows two men who fall in love at the Boston Music Conservatory—and reconnect after the war ends, traveling through rural Maine to record the folk songs of their fellow countrymen.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countrymen
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Alison Knowles, a key member of the Fluxus movement whose focus on the haptic set her work apart from that of her compatriots, died at her home in New York on October 29.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Nov. 2025
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Her friend Jordan Firstman rounds out the main cast as Charlie, a celebrity stylist, and other compatriots will appear in cameos throughout the season.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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And all the while, there’s always another rousing patriotic song for the peasants to sing.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Victims are frequently ski mountaineers or freeriders.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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People who pursue the sublime in nature—mountaineers, scuba divers, and the like—are often on the hunt for it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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By the mid 19th century, clowns were more central to circus entertainment, and their acts more risqué.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The clowns come at you quickly at Fast Splash Car Wash in Detroit, Mich.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Countrymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countrymen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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