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compatriate

compatriate is the misspelling of compatriot.

Meaning of compatriot

Noun

compatriot (plural compatriots)

  1. Somebody from one's own country.
    • And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight...1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species

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Questions about compatriate

What is compatriate the misspelling of?
Compatriate is the misspelling of compatriot.

Words near compatriate in the dictionary

  1. compatible
  2. compatibleness
  3. compatibles
  4. compatibly
  5. compatient
  6. compatriate
  7. compatriates
  8. compatric
  9. compatriot
  10. compatriotic
  11. compatriotism

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