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countryman |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Countryman \Coun"try*man\ (k[u^]n"tr[i^]-man), n.; pl {Countrymen} (-men). 1. An inhabitant or native of a region. --Shak. 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. --2 Cor. xi 26. 3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer. A simple countryman that brought her figs. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: countryman n 1: a man from your own country 2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways
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