Gender
Is it countrywoman or countryperson? See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of countrywoman
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at country, woman
Example Sentences
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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
Midfielder Angelina, who recently returned from an ACL injury, was added to Brazil’s active roster Tuesday to replace countrywoman Nycole Raysla, who suffered an injury while training in Australia.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
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
“How could I feel to watch football when my neighbor, my brother, my countryman and countrywoman are in such a bad situation?”
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 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
The Dutch fans roared every time one of their countrywomen zoomed by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
In Tokyo, she and Taurasi could become the first basketball players to win five Olympic gold medals, surpassing countrywomen Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie and Tamika Catchings.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021
Now she is also determined to destroy the western image of Muslim women as restricted, powerless and oppressed, and to demonstrate that her countrywomen can be as “free” as their western counterparts.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2019
Tamara Pletneva, a senior MP at the Russian parliament or Duma, issued a stern warning to her fellow countrywomen.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2018
The man knows about his crops and his wife about the flowers, herbs, and vegetables of her garden; but no countrymen know the names of wild flowers—and few countrywomen, save of medicinal herbs.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
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