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compatriot

[kuh m-pey-tree-uh t or, esp. British, -pa-]
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noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
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adjective
  1. of the same country.
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Origin of compatriot

From the Late Latin word compatriōta, dating back to 1605–15. See com-, patriot
Related formscom·pa·tri·ot·ic [kuh m-pey-tree-ot-ik or, esp. British, -pa-] /kəmˌpeɪ triˈɒt ɪk or, esp. British, -ˌpæ-/, adjectivecom·pa·tri·ot·ism, noun
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  • I have a compatriot with me, one Joseph Lesurques, whom I met on the way here.

  • There he is, with his wife and daughters, and one may stare at him with all the frankness of a compatriot.

  • Almost, indeed, had the Breton shuddered at his compatriot's cold-bloodedness.

    Scaramouche

    Rafael Sabatini

  • Now I ask my compatriot, would he trade his lot for that of Mr. Blake with all his money?

    St. Cuthbert's

    Robert E. Knowles

  • With the assistance of a girl, a compatriot of his, he has reduced all things to order.

    The Green Rust

    Edgar Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for compatriot

compatriot

noun
  1. a fellow countryman
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Derived Formscompatriotic, adjectivecompatriotism, noun

Word Origin

C17: from French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriōta; see patriot
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Word Origin and History for compatriot

n.

1610s, from French compatriote (16c.), from Latin compatriota, from com- "with" (see com-) + patriota "countryman" (see patriot).

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