fellow-countrywoman

Example Sentences

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I realised in a flash the profound contrast to that fellow-countrywoman of mine who had fascinated my attention on board the boat.

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

"This is Alice Meynell," Mademoiselle Th�r�se said with some fervour, "and, Alice, this is a fellow-countrywoman of your own."

From Barbara in Brittany by Adams, Frank

Of course we couldn't leave a fellow-countrywoman in distress, so we gave her what we had: enough to pay her journey home, and a few shillings over.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

The latter, who was also a German, was moved even to tears when she saw me: for fifteen years she had not spoken with a fellow-countrywoman.

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida

It was impossible to refuse the request of a fellow-countrywoman dying in a strange land.

From The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir