countryman
noun/ˈkʌntrimən/
Frequency rank: #14,297 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person from the same country as oneself; a compatriot.
Example sentence
He felt proud to meet a fellow countryman who had also moved abroad.
Synonyms & related words
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