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countryman
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COUNTRYMAN
1
a person living in or originally from the same country as another <met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France>
Synonyms countryman, landsman
Related Words countrywoman; nationalist, patriot; citizen, national, subject; aborigine, native;, resident
2
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country <though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature>
Synonyms bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
Related Words boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer
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