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plural of countryman
Synonyms & Antonyms of countrymen
1
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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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
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- bumpkins,
- chawbacons,
- churls,
- clodhoppers,
- cornballs,
- hayseed
- (or hayseeds),
- hicks,
- provincials,
- rubes,
- rustics,
- yokels
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- greenhorns,
- tenderfeet
- (also tenderfoots)
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“Countrymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countrymen. Accessed 22 Jun. 2021.
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