Dictionary

countryman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkʌntɹimən/

Etymology

From country + -man.

Meanings

1. Somebody from a certain country.
2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
   • You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does. 2014 June 22, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
   • Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 121, column 2:
3. A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
   • a countryman boldly averred that "nowt but a hare had come that way" 1894, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 62, page 419:
4. (Ireland) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

Forms

Antonyms

city mouse · traveller

Coordinates

countrywoman · countrywoman · countrywoman · farmboy · countrywoman · farmgirl

Deriveds

north countryman

Hypernyms

countryperson · person · person · countryperson · countryperson · person · countryperson · person

Synonyms

homelander · fellow citizen · compatriot · country mouse

Translations (129)

gl compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · pt compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · es compatriota (somebody from one's own country) · sv lantman (country dweller) · sv landsman (somebody from one's own country) · ja 同胞 (somebody from one's own country) · ru земля́к (somebody from one's own country) · gv co-heeragh (somebody from one's own country) · fr compatriote (somebody from one's own country) · uk співвітчи́зник (somebody from one's own country) · gl paisano (somebody from one's own country) · ast aldeanu (country dweller) · mk се́ланец (country dweller) · ast paisanu (somebody from one's own country) · ru земля́чка (somebody from one's own country) · fr habitant (somebody from a certain country) · pt campesina (country dweller) · de Landfrau (country dweller) · bg съоте́чественик (somebody from one's own country) · pt campesino (country dweller) · nn landbefolkning (country dweller) · mk сона́родник (somebody from one's own country) · nb landbuer (country dweller) · hu honfitárs (somebody from one's own country) · el αγρότισσα (country dweller) · ja 国民 (somebody from a certain country) · nb landsmanninne (somebody from a certain country) · nb landsmann (somebody from one's own country) · ru сооте́чественница (somebody from one's own country) · fr citoyen (somebody from a certain country) · hu honfitárs (country dweller) · ru се́льская жи́тельница (country dweller) · es paisana (somebody from one's own country) · mk жи́тел (somebody from a certain country) · ast paisana (somebody from one's own country) · cmn 農民 /农民 (country dweller) · de Kompatriotin (somebody from one's own country) · fr habitante (somebody from a certain country) · de Landsmännin (somebody from one's own country) · pt nacional (somebody from a certain country) · mk жи́телка (somebody from a certain country) · sv landsman (somebody from a certain country) · ar مُوَاطِن (somebody from one's own country) · ru селя́нин (country dweller) · pl krajanka (somebody from one's own country) · fi maanmies (somebody from one's own country) · mk зе́мјак (somebody from one's own country) · fi kansalainen (somebody from a certain country) · sv landsmaninna (somebody from one's own country) · fr campagnarde (country dweller) · de Landvolk (country dweller) · es campesina (country dweller) · es paisano (somebody from one's own country) · fi maalainen (somebody from a certain country) · pt camponesa (country dweller) · de Landsmann (somebody from one's own country) · srn kondreman (somebody from a certain country) · de Landsmann (somebody from a certain country) · uk земля́чка (somebody from one's own country) · pt camponês (country dweller) · mk сонаро́дничка (somebody from one's own country) · de Landsfrau (somebody from one's own country) · yi דאָרפֿמאַן (country dweller) · srn kondreman (country dweller) · it connazionale (somebody from one's own country) · ru сооте́чественник (somebody from one's own country) · bcl kahimanwa (somebody from one's own country) · cmn 同胞 (somebody from one's own country) · nb landsmann (somebody from a certain country) · el αγρότης (country dweller) · cs krajan (country dweller) · de Kompatriot (somebody from one's own country) · vi đồng bào (somebody from one's own country) · nrf campangnarde (country dweller) · nn landbu (country dweller) · ru граждани́н (somebody from a certain country) · nl landgenoot (country dweller) · es campesino (country dweller) · uk земля́к (somebody from one's own country) · nrf campangnard (country dweller) · nb landsmanninne (somebody from one's own country) · da landboer (country dweller) · nn landsmanninne (somebody from one's own country) · nb landboer (country dweller) · fi maalainen (country dweller) · ru селя́нка (country dweller) · fa هموطن (somebody from one's own country) · de Landpomeranze (country dweller) · ru жи́тельница (somebody from a certain country) · de Landmann (country dweller) · ru гражда́нка (somebody from a certain country) · nb landbefolkning (country dweller) · ru жи́тель (somebody from a certain country) · ru се́льский жи́тель (country dweller) · de Landbewohnerin (country dweller) · sq bashkatdhetar (somebody from one's own country) · de Landei (country dweller) · da landbo (country dweller) · gl paisano (country dweller) · pl krajan (somebody from one's own country) · ja 田舎者 (country dweller) · mk гра́ѓанин (somebody from a certain country) · got 𐌹𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (somebody from a certain country) · uk співвітчи́зниця (somebody from one's own country) · de Landbewohner (country dweller) · sv landsmaninna (somebody from a certain country) · nn landsmanninne (somebody from a certain country) · bg земля́к (somebody from one's own country) · mk гра́ѓанка (somebody from a certain country) · eo samlandano (somebody from one's own country) · de Landsmännin (somebody from a certain country) · da landsmand (somebody from a certain country) · sq njëgjakës (somebody from one's own country) · bcl kahimanwa (somebody from a certain country) · da landsmand (somebody from one's own country) · fr campagnard (country dweller) · cs krajan (somebody from one's own country) · fr citoyenne (somebody from a certain country) · ga tuathánach (country dweller) · nn landsmann (somebody from a certain country) · cmn 農村人 /农村人 (country dweller) · cs rodák (somebody from a certain country) · cmn 國民 /国民 (somebody from a certain country) · srn kondreman (somebody from one's own country) · nn landsmann (somebody from one's own country) · de Landmensch (country dweller) · nl landgenoot (somebody from one's own country) · ast campesín (country dweller) · ko 동포 (somebody from one's own country)