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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The duo play two men who travel to New England together in the summer of 1919 to record the folk songs of their rural countrymen.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 23 May 2025
Francis also rebuked Vance for calling on Christians to prioritize love for their families and countrymen over strangers and foreigners.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 May 2025
Along with his countrymen Joan de Diego, Casimir Climent and others, Spanish survivor Joaquín López Raimundo compiled lists of Mauthausen victims and their Nazi captors.
—Sara J. Brenneis, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Djokovic, the fourth seed, could face Serbian countryman and rising star Hamad Medjedovic in his opening match Friday, and a third-round match against 32nd seed Alex Michelsen.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 23 May 2025
Francis also rebuked Vance for calling on Christians to prioritize love for their families and countrymen over strangers and foreigners.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 May 2025
Along with his countrymen Joan de Diego, Casimir Climent and others, Spanish survivor Joaquín López Raimundo compiled lists of Mauthausen victims and their Nazi captors.
—Sara J. Brenneis, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Djokovic, the fourth seed, could face Serbian countryman and rising star Hamad Medjedovic in his opening match Friday, and a third-round match against 32nd seed Alex Michelsen.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Countryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countryman. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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