landsmen

noun

plural of landsman
as in citizens
a person living in or originally from the same country as another during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen

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  1. citizens
  2. compatriots
  3. countrymen
Noun
  • In this small city, citizens were brought together by frustration over large, corporate health systems that can seem to put profits over patients.
    — Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The national police and the army were helping, along with citizens, Thapa said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of citizens
Noun
  • 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
  • Robert Ladd as to the gang ties of Davis and his compatriots.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of compatriots
Noun
  • He’s particularly drawn to episodes that are discomforting for his countrymen—the Dreyfus Affair, and, a recent obsession, French accommodation in Nazi rule during the Occupation, a national embarrassment that was long passed over in silence.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Now, after entering its 20th week at Number One, the track has cruised past her fellow countrymen and is the second longest-running Number One single in Billboard Hot 100 history.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of countrymen
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“Landsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landsmen. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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