Countrymen

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

  Countryman \Coun"try*man\ (k[u^]n"tr[i^]-man), n.; pl.
     {Countrymen} (-men).
     1. An inhabitant or native of a region. --Shak.
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     2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot;


        -- used with a possessive pronoun.
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              In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils
              by mine own countrymen.               --2 Cor. xi.
                                                    26.
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     3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a
        townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a
        husbandman or farmer.
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              A simple countryman that brought her figs. --Shak.
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