countryman
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Pronunciation[change]
Noun[change]
- Your countrymen are people who come from the same country (nation) that you are from.
- My fellow Americans are my countrymen.
- The student from Japan wished she could see more of her countrymen.
Usage notes[change]
Countryman usually means someone from your nation. A country person is usually someone who lives away from the city. So country people cannot be used in place of countrymen; they mean different things.