compatriot

[kuhm-pey-tree-uht, -pa-]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.

adjective

1. of the same country.

compatriot

/ kəmˈpætrɪət /

noun

1. a fellow countryman

Other Word Forms

• compatriotic adjective
• compatriotism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of compatriot¹

From the Late Latin word compatriōta, dating back to 1605–15. See com-, patriot

Word History and Origins

Origin of compatriot¹

C17: from French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriōta; see _patriot

Example Sentences

But he wasn’t the only playwright working through themes of family and masculinity, and Dowling only glancingly mentions compatriots like David Mamet and August Wilson.

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Last week she celebrated an event whose significance in her beleaguered land extends well beyond the spiritual: the canonization by Pope Leo XIV of two of her compatriots, the first Catholic saints in Venezuelan history.

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"He is a great talent and a great competitor and we both played some great tennis at times," said world number two Sinner of his compatriot.

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But then he sent their two compatriots back to their home countries for prosecution?

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If the American market has become less receptive to Malbec, Catena’s compatriots are avid for these wines: “We have a very strong domestic market; half the wine we sell is in Argentina.”

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Related Words

• national