villagemate en · NOUN
Etymology
From village + -mate.
Meanings
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One who comes from the same village.
He would have a new life in that far away land of brown men who worshipped white gods; where many of his villagemates had gone, where the earth was forever kind and the sun warm.
1992, Charlson Ong, Woman of Am-Kaw and Other Stories (Contemporary Philippine Fiction), Manila: Anvil Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| villagemates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |