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compatriot

[kuhm-pey-tree-uht, -pa-] / kəmˈpeɪ tri ət, -ˈpæ- /
NOUN
fellow countryman/countrywoman
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Woad's compatriot and potential partner Charley Hull believes it can be tougher playing at home.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Seeing Simeone wave an imaginary yellow card when he wanted a second booking for his compatriot just before half-time told a story in itself.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Jack Kerouac sought enlightenment there; his compatriot Neal Cassady was imprisoned there, in San Quentin.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch is "very happy" to see compatriot Guy Pearce play him in a new, largely sympathetic movie about his early business life, the actor said on Wednesday.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

He looked a great deal as his compatriot must have looked when he saw the promised land.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

In an interview with Bill Moyers shared by the Berry Center in 2025, Berry said that he and his compatriots had had enough of the state government ceding control of resources to the coal companies.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

But Romero said he, like many of his compatriots, is in the dark over the objectives of the negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

After a dismal start that saw 15 of his compatriots fall in the first round, he has carried British singles hopes further than anyone imagined, and dazzled the home crowd with his fighting spirit.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Johnny Joyce’s Irish compatriots dominated Bridgeport; the poorest crowded into the southern subsection of the neighborhood called Canaryville.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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