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as in compatriot
a person living in or originally from the same country as another
met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France
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as in peasant
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature
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Recent Examples of countryman
Also doing terribly was our countryman Andy, whose loaf was messier than Paul Hollywood’s divorce, and Georgie, whose loaf looked like someone pinched it.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Your countrymen were not there, and haven't made it yet.
—James Baldwin, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024
Angelo Gabriel and Andrey Santos, both Brazilian, have been loaned to Strasbourg since joining Chelsea, who have recruited their fellow countryman Deivid Washington.
—Callum Davis, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
Fans from places like the United States, Great Britain, and Australia looked past their own countrymen to pull for either the graceful Swiss artiste or the swashbuckling Spaniard.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Your countrymen were not there, and haven't made it yet.
—James Baldwin, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024
Angelo Gabriel and Andrey Santos, both Brazilian, have been loaned to Strasbourg since joining Chelsea, who have recruited their fellow countryman Deivid Washington.
—Callum Davis, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
Fans from places like the United States, Great Britain, and Australia looked past their own countrymen to pull for either the graceful Swiss artiste or the swashbuckling Spaniard.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for countryman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryman
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The trans-empowerment opera landed the holy trinity of Picture, Director, and Screenplay with Audiard joining his compatriot Fargeat in some extremely French lineups.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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His compatriot, however, was able to send a foot-to-the-floor performance, securing a P5 finish.Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ten years later, Chloe Sevigny donned a choppy peroxide wig, a partial suit of armor and a white muslin peasant dress for her Joan of Arc Halloween costume.Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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While painting a Nuenen man, the forger missed a long vertical stick used by Brabant peasants to carry bundles of wood on their backs.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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The new Syria must be for all its citizens, no matter their religion or ethnicity.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Ensuring the privacy of citizens and other individuals when dealing with location data is crucial.Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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In the special, taped at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Kober brings audiences together with stories about dealing with hometown hicks, unforgiving fruit flies and California candy cartels.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2024
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Several vessels collided, terrifying the uninitiated landsmen on board.David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
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Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward.New York Times, New York Times, 17 June 2022
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The gilets jaunes protests, a largely peri-urban phenomenon, inverted the roles played by Parisians and provincials in 1871.Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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Until recently, attendees at such a talk would have seen themselves as mere provincials gathering to hear a report from the great halls of power in London and Washington.Jonathan Kay, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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The clowns there, contributed by donors worldwide, are not for sale.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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The parade’s 98th year was the largest yet, with more than 5,000 volunteers, 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Nov. 2024
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Florida yokels versus the elite Hollywood movie-star kind of group.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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Ben’s refusal to stand down for a middle-aged white man seeking to wrest power from him was radical, as was the film’s ending, in which the hero was shot by yokels failing to distinguish him from the zombies previously described as animals.Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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