Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person from one's own country.
- n. A colleague.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An inhabitant of the same country with another; a fellow-countryman.
- Of the same country.
- Animated by love of a common country; united in patriotism; patriotic.
Wiktionary
- n. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow-countryman.
- adj. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.
- adj. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person from your own country
Etymologies
- From Latin cum ("with") + patria ("homeland") (Wiktionary)
- French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriōta : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin patriōta, countryman; see patriot. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Cleopatra _Cleopatra_ compatriot _compatriot_ gratis _gratis_ or _grahtis_ harem _harem_ or _hahrem_ heinous _hanous_ hiatus _hiatus_ implacable _implakable_ nape _nap_ née _na_ négligé _naglezha'_ patron _patron_ protégé _protazha'_ résumé _razuma'_ tenacious _tenashus_ tomato _tomato_ or _tomahto_ valet _va'la_ or _val'et_ vase _vas, vahz_, or _vaz_ veracious _verashus_ vivacious _vivashus_”
“Li won the pair's only previous meeting at the Beijing Olympics and is aiming to join Chinese compatriot Jie Zheng in the last four.”
“The Spaniard, who won his first title on the Swedish clay in Italian compatriot Roberta Vinci for a crushing loss in April by winning 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Palermo Open quarterfinals on”
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“Barry Windsor-Smith was born in 1949 in London’s working-class East End and studied at East Ham Technical College with Ralph Steadman, who years later became known as a compatriot of the infamous Hunter S.”
“John W Henry, Liverpool's principal owner, is believed to have called his compatriot and opposite number at Villa Park, Randy Lerner, at the weekend to enquire about Young's availability.”
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“Sharing the love of gardening with a compatriot is a wonderful thing.”
“She is the first woman to retain the title since compatriot Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1991.”
“Button, who raced against Wheldon in karting in the 1990s, tweeted Monday that his compatriot was a "true fighter" and a "legend in our sport but also a great guy.”
“Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament, called his compatriot a great Polish politician.”
“However, he feels his compatriot will be the ideal replacement for Mascherano, whose days at Anfield are numbered after he asked Hodgson for a transfer.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘compatriot’.
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EN - fine scholarly language
exhort, accretion, twenty-nine, atrophy, additive, brilliantly, interreligious, empiricism, pathologic, limitless, half-century, vigilant and 488 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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FYS100
Word discovery & discussion by CSUMB first-year students, to help with required texts.
trippy, bantam, patience, Roseto, Froth, legit, patronage, quarries, compatriot, intact, baby boomer, virtuosos and 35 more...
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Vocab ##5
appint, monarch, counterpart, muse, bestow, unwitting, aghast, admonish, wage, decree, cavalry, phalanx and 126 more...
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ADW2
nudnik, temper, intercalate, cleave, scowl, chapfallen, malapropos, disport, annals, paean, paradisiacal, whet and 362 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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Boon Companions
buddy, pal, mate, compatriot, my man, simpatico, comrade, paramour, better half, soulmate, confidant, partner and 14 more...
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Through Thick & Thin
sidekick, partner, buddy, ally, accessory, accomplice, cohort, collaborator, pal, mate, compadre, compatriot and 30 more...
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“The Economist�? words
Words noted from The Economist.
fisticuff, homily, jeremiad, mollify, karoshi, aegis, coterie, compatriot, tumbrel, cantankerous, vim, hokum and 8 more...
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To know and use
foolhardiness, attrition, hypernym, compunction, accede, albeit, discomfiture, addendum, compatriot, fecundity, prolific, enigmatic and 8 more...
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AlithzaLopez This is a very interesting word, I don't think I've heard it in use very much. The word itself kind of defines itself though. Sep 28, 2011
qroqqa Leadership is a risky business requiring wisdom, courage, and fortitude—and as my compatriot Socrates put it, courage is the knowledge of what is not to be feared.
—Arianna Huffington, Right is Wrong, quoted in The New Republic, found (if I've got this right) via Powell's Books Review-a-Day, found via 3 Quarks Daily Jun 10, 2009