Meaning

4 senses
  1. Somebody from a certain country.

    Landsmann, Landsmännin

    жи́тельžítelʹ, жи́тельницаžítelʹnica, граждани́нgraždanín

    a man from your own country

  2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.

    Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau

    сооте́чественникsootéčestvennik, сооте́чественницаsootéčestvennica, земля́кzemlják

    співвітчи́зникspivvitčýznyk, співвітчи́зницяspivvitčýznycja, земля́кzemlják

  3. A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.

    Landmann, Landfrau, Landbewohner

    се́льский жи́тельsélʹskij žítelʹ, се́льская жи́тельницаsélʹskaja žítelʹnica, селя́нинseljánin

    a man who lives in the country and has country ways

  4. (Ireland)A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. We're fellow countrymen.

    deWir sind Landsleute.

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  2. I hate both foreigners and my countrymen.

    Я ненавиджу як іноземців, так і своїх співгромадян.

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  3. I didn't know that we were fellow countrymen.

    ruЯ не знал, что мы земляки.

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  4. Fellow countrymen, I must confess to you that countries don't really exist.

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  5. How can you just stand there and do nothing while your countrymen are slaughtered?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
somebody from one's own country:
Русский
By meaning 3
somebody from a certain country:
somebody from one's own country:
country dweller:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
somebody from a certain country:
somebody from one's own country:
country dweller:

Origin

From country + -man.

From country + -man.

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Forms

plural: countrymen
Singularcountryman
Pluralcountrymen

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a man who lives in the country and has country ways:ruralist

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
countryman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto