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compatriots

compatriots is the plural 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 compatriots

What is compatriots the plural of?
Compatriots is the plural of compatriot.

Words near compatriots in the dictionary

  1. compatriates
  2. compatric
  3. compatriot
  4. compatriotic
  5. compatriotism
  6. compatriots
  7. compatriotship
  8. compd
  9. compd.
  10. compds
  11. compds.

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