Meaning of COMPATRIOT
| Pronunciation: | | kum'peytreeut
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person from your own country |
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| | See Also: | | countryman, countrywoman, national, subject | |
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\Com*pa"tri*ot\, n. [F. compatriote, LL.
compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See {Patriot}, and
cf. {Copatriot}.]
One of the same country, and having like interests and
feeling.
The distrust with which they felt themselves to be
regarded by their compatriots in America. --Palfrey.
\Com*pa"tri*ot\, a.
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race,
Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. --Thomson.
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| | Related Terms: | | adjunct, ally, associate, bedfellow, brother, brother-in-arms, coadjutor, cohort, colleague, companion, compeer, comrade, confederate, confrere, congener, consociate, consort, countryman, countrywoman, crony, fellow, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, fellow member, fellow townsman, home towner, landsman, paesano, paisano |
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