countryman
noun
coun·try·man
ˈkən-trē-mən 
sense 3 often -ˌman
Examples of countryman in a Sentence
met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France
though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature
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But other filmmakers, including Rasoulof’s friend and countryman Jafar Panahi, have released films without a mechanism for submission.
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Jake Coyle, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Panarin flung a puck past Tarasov shortly after New York killed off a penalty in the second period, then drew a tripping penalty on countryman Kirill Marchenko later in the frame.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Amis’s father, the novelist Kingsley Amis, was one of the twentieth century’s great chroniclers of his fellow countrymen.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The results were not immediate, but some of the young players who arrived along with Campos in the summer of 2022 — among them his Portuguese countrymen Nuno Mendes (following a successful season-long loan) and Vitinha — would go on to become key performers under Luis Enrique.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jake Coyle, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Panarin flung a puck past Tarasov shortly after New York killed off a penalty in the second period, then drew a tripping penalty on countryman Kirill Marchenko later in the frame.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Amis’s father, the novelist Kingsley Amis, was one of the twentieth century’s great chroniclers of his fellow countrymen.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The results were not immediate, but some of the young players who arrived along with Campos in the summer of 2022 — among them his Portuguese countrymen Nuno Mendes (following a successful season-long loan) and Vitinha — would go on to become key performers under Luis Enrique.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countryman. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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countryman
noun
coun·try·man
ˈkən-trē-mən
sense 3 is often -ˌman
1
: a person born or living in a particular country
2
: a person born or living in the same country as another
3
: one living in the country or marked by country ways : rustic
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