compatriot

noun
/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/

Etymology

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

  1. derived from compatriota
  2. borrowed from compatriote

Definitions

  1. Somebody from one's own country.

    • the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
    • However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.
  2. Of the same country

    Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.

    • She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA