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Definition of countryman noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

countryman

noun
 
/ˈkʌntrimən/
 
/ˈkʌntrimən/
(plural countrymen
 
/ˈkʌntrimən/
 
/ˈkʌntrimən/
)
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  1. a person born in or living in the same country as somebody else synonym compatriot
    • The champion looks set to play his fellow countryman in the final.
  2. a man living or born in the country, not in the town
    • Even after thirty years living in the country, I fear I am not a proper countryman. I don’t farm for a living or go tramping across drenched fields, gun in hand.
See countryman in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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