countryman
Syllables: coun·try·man/ˈkʌntɹimən/
countryman noun: somebody from a certain country.
Noun
countryman (plural countrymen)
- Somebody from a certain country.
- Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
- Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does.2014 June 22, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements”, in Last Week Tonight with...
- Synonyms:
- compatriot, fellow citizen, homelander
- A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
- a countryman boldly averred that "nowt but a hare had come that way"1894, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 62, page 419
- Synonyms:
- country mouse
- Antonyms:
- city mouse
- A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
- Antonyms:
- traveller
Proper noun capitalized: Countryman
Countryman (plural Countrymans)
- A surname.
countryman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic
countryman in Hindi
- countryman; citizen
- देशवासी deśvāsī
countryman in Tamil
- countryman
- நாடவர் nāṭavar
- countryman, rustic
- நாட்டான் nāṭṭāṉ
countryman in Malayalam
- നാട്ടുകാരൻ, സ്വദേശീയൻ, സ്വദേശി
countryman in Arabic
- somebody from one's own country
- مُوَاطِن muwāṭin
More languagesFewer languages
- countryman in Persian
- هموطن hamvatan
- countryman in Vietnamese
- đồng bào
Examples of countryman in a sentence
- City dwellers have a higher cancer rate than do countrymen. Apparently, they drink more than is good for 'em.
- Some of the VP’s countrymen are less polite about his trip.
- I was alone among my countrymen at the end of the world.
Synonyms of countryman
Antonyms
Forms of countryman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | countrymen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Countrymans |
Origin of countryman
From country + -man.
Words formed from countryman
Questions about countryman
- What does countryman mean?
- Countryman means somebody from a certain country.
- What is countryman in Hindi?
- Countryman in Hindi is देशवासी (deśvāsī). See Countryman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is countryman?
- Countryman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce countryman?
- Countryman is pronounced /ˈkʌntɹimən/.
- What is the plural of countryman?
- The plural of countryman is countrymen.
Words near countryman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: countryman (page history and authors); Countryman (page history and authors); देशवासी (Hindi) (page history and authors); நாடவர் (Tamil) (page history and authors); countryman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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