Gender
Is it countrywoman or countryperson? See -woman.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of countrywoman
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at country, woman
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Muchova cheekily congratulated her countrywoman and “Linda, my ex-friend,” as Noskova dedicated the win to her late mother, Ivana, who died of cancer in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Italy’s Alice D’Amato survived with the cleanest routine to claim the gold medal over China’s Zhou Yaqin and countrywoman Manila Esposito, who took silver and bronze, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova edged out Czech compatriot Tereza Martincova 6-4 6-4 to set up a quarter-final against another countrywoman, 18-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2023
In the women’s event, Mai Mihara took advantage of a mistake-strewn program by Japanese countrywoman Kaori Sakamoto to win gold.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
“Tell me your contacts, and I will filter what I pass on to the English. Tell me, and you have confessed to your countrywoman and given nothing to the enemy.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
She was followed across the finish line by three countrywomen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Watching her fellow countrywomen face violence on Iran's streets has been painful, but also makes her proud - particularly when she sees younger women on the front line of protests.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2022
Her fellow countrywomen Maryna Striletska and Svitlana Grushko will run the lines.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2021
In the impressive rise of Chinese players behind the breakthrough feats of Li Na, the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open winner, Wang is the highest-ranked of the four countrywomen in the top 50.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2019
It was some while before I could comprehend her; her ways were so different from those of my own countrywomen.
From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon
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