Meaning

1 senses

  1. Somebody from one's own country.

    Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau

    сооте́чественникsootéčestvennik, сооте́чественницаsootéčestvennica, земля́кzemlják

    співвітчи́зникspivvitčýznyk, співвітчи́зницяspivvitčýznycja, земля́кzemlják

    a person from your own country

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Bruno was helping his injured compatriots.

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  2. The inhabitants of a country are compatriots.

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  3. He is not willing to testify for his compatriot.

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  4. He is a compatriot.

    ruОн соотечественник.

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  5. I met a compatriot.

    ruЯ встретил соотечественника.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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somebody from one's own country:
Deutsch
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somebody from one's own country:

Origin

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analy

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

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Forms

plural: compatriots
Singularcompatriot
Pluralcompatriots

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
fellow citizencountryperson

Word family

4 related words
RelatedpatriotB2
Derivedcompatrioticcompatriotismcompatriotship

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
compassionateB2compatibilitycompatibleB2compelC1compensateB2compensationB2compensatory
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