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The definition of a compatriot is someone who either works with or is from the same place as another.

(noun)

A coworker is an example of a compatriot.
Athletes on the same Olympic team are examples of compatriots.

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See compatriot in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a fellow countryman
a colleague

Origin: Fr compatriote < LL compatriota: see com- & patriot

adjective

of the same country

Related Forms:

compatriotism noun

See compatriot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person from one's own country.
A colleague.

Origin:

Origin: French compatriote

Origin: , from Late Latin compatriōta

Origin: : Latin com-, com-

Origin: + Late Latin patriōta, countryman; see patriot

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Related Forms:

com·paˌtri·otˈic (-ŏtˈĭk) adjective

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