countrymannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌn.tri.mən/us/ˈkʌn.tri.mən/plural -men uk/-mən/uscountryman noun [ C ] (FROM YOUR COUNTRY)
a person from your own country:
Didn't he feel guilty about betraying his fellow countrymen and women?
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation-state
- national
- nationwide
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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countryman noun [ C ] (FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE)
UK someone who lives in or who comes from the countryside and not a town
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Towns & regions: the countryside
- backcountry
- beauty spot
- bumpkin
- countrified
- country
- countryside
- countrywoman
- hick
- hillbilly
- hinterland
- land
- out-of-town
- redneck
- rural
- rustic
- stick
- the backwoods
- the boondocks
- wild
- yokel
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