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countryman
noun coun·try·man \ˈkən-trē-mən, 3 often -ˌman\
: a person who lives in or comes from the same country as you
: a person who lives in the countryside
Full Definition of COUNTRYMAN
1
: an inhabitant or native of a specified country
2
3
: one living in the country or marked by country ways : rustic
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First Known Use of COUNTRYMAN
14th century
Related to COUNTRYMAN
- Synonyms
- compatriot, landsman
- Antonyms
- cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
Rhymes with COUNTRYMAN
advance man, Alcoran, also-ran, Ameslan, anchorman, as one man, astrakhan, Astrakhan, ataman, Athelstan, attackman, balmacaan, Bantustan, bartizan, black-and-tan, bogeyman, boogeyman, businessman, Caliban, cameraman, caravan, cattleman, Civitan, cornerman, counterman, counterplan, courtesan, cutoff man, dairyman, defenseman, detail man, everyman, exciseman, expressman, family man, fancy-dan, fancy man, frying pan, funnyman, gamelan, garageman, garbageman, Hamadan, handyman, harmattan, hatchet man, Hindustan, hotelman, in the can, Isle of Man, jerrican, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, leading man, man-for-man, man-to-man, master plan, middleman, minivan, minuteman, Monaghan, moneyman, mountain man, muscleman, Occitan, ombudsman, Omdurman, overman, Pakistan, Parmesan, partisan, pattypan, Peking man, Peter Pan, pivotman, plainclothesman, Port Sudan, Powhatan, rather than, repairman, rewrite man, safetyman, sandwich man, selectman, serviceman, signalman, spick-and-span, superman, tallyman, tamarin, to a man, triggerman, trimaran, turbofan, Turkistan, vacuum pan, weatherman, workingman, yataghan
COUNTRYMAN Defined for Kids
countryman
noun coun·try·man \ˈkən-trē-mən\
plural coun·try·men \-mən\
Definition of COUNTRYMAN for Kids
1
: a person born in the same country as another : a fellow citizen
2
: a person living or raised in a place away from big towns and cities
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