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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When citizens insist on shaping the basic terms of social life by appealing to premises that others cannot reasonably be expected to accept—revelation, doctrines of transcendence, private moral visions—the result is not a purer politics but a dangerously brittle one.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Bar manager and bartender Kyle Nelson, of Valparaiso, believes working-class citizens should be able to see themselves in government.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Rasmus Køstner left behind his Danish compatriots to step in as Brazil’s new flight controller.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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This time the group will perform with its compatriots, the Danish National Girls’ Choir.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Like many of his countrymen, the young Afghan crossed into EU-member Poland from Belarus and managed to reach Germany, where he was arrested and then returned to Poland to have his asylum request assessed under EU laws.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Hernandez was released from CECOT and sent to Venezulea along with 252 of his fellow countrymen in July 2025.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Landsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landsmen. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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