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countryman

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌntɹimən/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English country English -man English countryman From country + -man.

  1. Somebody from a certain country.
  2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.

    Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:

    You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does.

  3. A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
  4. A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
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