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compatriot Definition

com·pa·triot (kəm pātrē ət)

noun

  1. a fellow countryman
  2. a colleague

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

adjective

of the same country

compatriot Related Forms

com·pa·tri·ot·ism′ noun

compatriot Synonyms

compatriot

n.

fellow countryman, fellow countrywoman, fellow citizen, national, paesano (Italian), paisano (Spanish), landsman; see also citizen.

compatriot Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • face: David Palmer & Rachael Grinham took just 16 minutes to reach the semis, where they face compatriots Diane Desira & Cameron White.
  • meet: Third seed Palmer is scheduled to meet compatriot Anthony Ricketts, the sixth seed, in the last eight.
  • defeat: Darwish eased past John Williams in 27 minutes while Elborolossy took 36 minutes to defeat compatriot Muhammed Essam Hafiz.
  • overcome: The 19-year-old from Pontefract in Yorkshire, seeded four, overcame experienced compatriot Paul Lord in the first round of the eight-man event.
  • join: Then, last week saw the vice-president of the European Commission joining compatriots in Brussels in the national celebration of the summer solstice.

Converse of subject

join: Els is joined by compatriot Retief Goosen, with US-based Zimbabwean Nick Price also making a rare trip to European shores.

Adjective modifier

  • fellow: And the gold rush continued as the baton was handed over to her fellow Welsh compatriots at the IPC Belgian European Trials.
  • young: Generally, those left behind will be older adults, who are less mobile than their younger compatriots.
  • old: One last Class 29 remained for many years among some older compatriots in the scrap line at Woodham's in Barry, South Wales.
  • same: Then again she is the oldest by a long way now of course, all her same age compatriots are in school I assume.
  • own: Among the victims were even some of our own compatriots from Taiwan.
  • Danish: Fourth position overall was filled by Gjedde's Danish compatriot Mads Korneliussen, who spent the season'doubling-up ' from Premier League Newport.

Preposition: on

side: The exchanges between compatriots on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits have been increasing.

Modifies a noun

Noun used with modifier

age: Then again she is the oldest by a long way now of course, all her same age compatriots are in school I assume.