COUNTRYWOMEN Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

countrywomen

noun

plural of countrywoman

as in countrymen

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Cardiff, meanwhile, finished 19th, only avoiding relegation on goal difference, yet emerged unbeaten against their countrymen with two victories and two draws.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Like his fellow countrymen, Marrero — a third-year computer science student at the Agrarian University of Havana — has become adept at adapting.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of countrymen

Noun

Closing out the evening at Louis Armstrong Stadium, American Learner Tien takes on Russian Karen Khachanov, hoping to join compatriots Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen in the last eight.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Late in the novel, Noa, Nicole, and their newfound compatriots get into a van with a group of musical hermits who have fled to the mountains to escape the violence of Ecuadorian society.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

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