1500-1600Frenchcompatriote, from Late Latin, from Latincom- ( ➔ COM-) + Late Latinpatriota ( ➔ PATRIOT)
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I discovered I had just committed the crime of killing compatriots...
I see that I enjoy an exaggerated reputation for probity among my compatriots.
I was a coach, a compatriot, helping the men as they struggled with their test taking and their writing.
Like his compatriot Nelson Piquet, Emerson in the cockpit is a somnolent cat.
Their pal Robert Musgrave would play their long-suffering compatriot, Bob.
What Zyuganov reassuringly says to nervous westerners is not what he has been saying for the past five years to his compatriots.
someone who was born in or is a citizen of the same country as someone elseSYN countrymansomebody’s compatriot Schmidt defeated his compatriot Hausmann in the quarter final.