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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Noun
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Dib points out that several nations are now issuing travel warnings, telling their citizens not to go to Venezuela as a result of the large number of foreigners imprisoned there without trial.—
Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025 -
Through a historical and comparative lens, the film highlights parallels and contrasts in the two countries’ paths to statehood—while also examining how those founding moments echo in the present-day identity struggles of their citizens.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These were my literary compatriots, out here for reasons unknown.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Along with his sadistic compatriots, future-Leatherface Jedidiah Sawyer (Sam Strike) breaks out of a mental institution and cuts a bloody swath of chaos across the country.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep. 2025
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The team also has a heavy Argentine influence with eight fellow countrymen whose careers Silvetti has followed.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Like Julius Caesar, Aeneas arrives on Italian soil with an army, and makes war on the native inhabitants—his own future countrymen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Landsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landsmen. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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