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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
countryman
    n 1: a man from your own country
    2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn:
       countryman, ruralist]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Countryman \Coun"try*man\ (k[u^]n"tr[i^]-man), n.; pl.
   Countrymen (-men).
   1. An inhabitant or native of a region. --Shak.
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   2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot;
      -- used with a possessive pronoun.
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            In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils
            by mine own countrymen.               --2 Cor. xi.
                                                  26.
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   3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a
      townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a
      husbandman or farmer.
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            A simple countryman that brought her figs. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for countryman:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
backwoodsman, bumpkin, clodhopper, clown, compatriot, congener, countrywoman, fellah, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, fellow townsman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hind, home towner, landsman, muzhik, paesano, paisano, peasant, peon, provincial
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