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plural compatriots
Somebody from one's own country. quotations examples
the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England
However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.
2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport
comparative more compatriot, superlative most compatriot
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. quotations examples
She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]
1736, [James] Thomson, The Prospect: Being the Fifth Part of Liberty. A Poem, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], page 8, lines 71–72