LANDSMEN Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Noun

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has defended the repatriation policy as a diplomatic effort to find a long-term solution, saying Malaysia cannot host refugees indefinitely and Myanmar must take responsibility for its citizens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of citizens

Noun

Barrow and Drummond are compatriots from the war; Barrow appreciates Drummond as the first white man who did not first judge him by the color of his skin, but Drummond is acting weird.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Like so many of his compatriots, Yes Boone isn’t afraid of a long haul.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of compatriots

Noun

One of his countrymen, Javier Giner, also arrives at the San Sebastián Film Festival with his first movie.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
He was haunted by Switzerland’s position of neutrality during the fight against the Nazis, and he was troubled by the accommodations his prosperous countrymen were willing to make after the war to maintain their comfortable detachment.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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