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Webster 1913 Edition

Countryman

Coun′try-man

(kŭn′trĭ-man)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Countrymen
(-men)
.
1.
An inhabitant or native of a region.
Shak.
2.
One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; – used with a possessive pronoun.
In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own
countrymen
.
2 Cor. xi. 26.
3.
One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.
A simple
countryman
that brought her figs.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Countryman

COUNTRYMAN

,
Noun.
1.
One born in the same country with another. This man is my countryman. [See 2 Corinthians 11:26]
2.
One who dwells in the country, as opposed to a citizen; a rustic; a farmer or husbandmen; a man of plain unpolished manners.
3.
An inhabitant or native of a region. What countryman is he?

Definition 2024

countryman

countryman

English

Noun

countryman ‎(plural countrymen)

  1. Somebody from a certain country.
  2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman, compatriot.
  3. country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits
  4. (Ireland, traveller) a settled person, as opposed to a traveller

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