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countrywoman Definition

coun·try·woman (-wo̵om′ən)

noun pl. -·wom′en-wim′in

  1. a woman who lives in the country
  2. a woman of one's own country; compatriot

countrywoman Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • fellow: Seven British children even study in the local school, and a fellow countrywoman of theirs teaches Bulgarians English there.
  • old: She had better do the old countrywoman: the Cottager's wife; you had, indeed, Julia.