countrymen

plural of countryman
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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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Recent Examples of countrymen 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 Danish filmmaker-producer Per Holst, who worked with fellow auteurs and countrymen Lars von Trier, Nils Malmros and Bille August, has died at the age of 86. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025 Correa joined a Tigres team that includes countrymen Nahuel Guzman, Juan Brunetta and Nicolas Ibanez. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025 However, one of his countrymen, Eddie Pepperell, recently cast some doubt on this. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countrymen
Noun
  • The new queen was crowned by Miss Universe Nicaragua 2024, Geyssell García, after competing with 12 compatriots who represented the departments and autonomous regions of the country.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Sadly, the midnight movie magic that befell me and my Long Treadmill compatriots will be gone from our city by then.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Slaves, serfs, peasants, and wage workers mostly understood that what was being struck was a hammer blow on their behalf.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Between July 20 and August 6, peasants across France mobilized at a stunning speed following untrue rumors of an aristocratic plot to intentionally starve out much of the population.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After a poker game involving John Constantine and Jason Blood (alter ego of Etrigan the Demon) goes off the rails, average citizens suddenly start killing people, believing their victims to be demons.
    Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The vast majority of citizens no longer trust that hard work pays off and belief in the American dream has hit a record low.
    John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Built in 1879 by enterprising townsfolk, the Zermatterhof has been welcoming royalty, celebrities, and intrepid mountaineers for nearly a century and a half.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On Friday, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that weather had also prevented the recovery of Sinigaglia's body, but a group of mountaineers hoped to bring their countryman down the mountain with the help of a helicopter.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Strangely, all the clowns with Ukraine flags 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 in their bio are also all silent on this one.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The sheriff threatens to arrest Morticia on account of aiding and abetting a murderer, but Gomez points out that these clowns (the cops) abandoned Nevermore to protect Normies at Pilgrim World.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Countrymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countrymen. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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