Compatriot

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compatriot \Com*pa"tri*ot\, n. [F. compatriote, LL.
     compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See {Patriot}, and
     cf. {Copatriot}.]
     One of the same country, and having like interests and
     feeling.
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           The distrust with which they felt themselves to be
           regarded by their compatriots in America. --Palfrey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compatriot \Com*pa"tri*ot\, a.
     Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
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           She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race,
           Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind.   --Thomson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  compatriot
       n : a person from your own country

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "compatriot":
     adjunct, ally, associate, bedfellow, brother, brother-in-arms,
     coadjutor, cohort, colleague, companion, compeer, comrade,
     confederate, confrere, congener, consociate, consort, countryman,
     countrywoman, crony, fellow, fellow citizen, fellow countryman,
     fellow member, fellow townsman, home towner, landsman, paesano,
     paisano