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