Meanings
countryman1
plural countrymen
- Somebody from a certain country.
- Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 121, column 21 more example
You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does.
2014 June 22, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBOSynonyms: compatriot, fellow citizen, homelander
- A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
a countryman boldly averred that "nowt but a hare had come that way"
1894, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 62, page 419Synonyms: country mouse · Antonyms: city mouse
Countryman2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
nounA man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
nounA settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُوَاطِن
- مُوَاطِن (muwāṭin)somebody from one's own country
Bulgarian съоте́чественик, земля́к
- съоте́чественик (săotéčestvenik)somebody from one's own country
- земля́к (zemlják)somebody from one's own country
Chinese Mandarin 國民 /国民, 同胞
- 國民 /国民 (guómín)somebody from a certain country
- 同胞 (tóngbāo)somebody from one's own country
- 農民 /农民 (nóngmín)country dweller
- 農村人 /农村人 (nóngcūnrén)country dweller
Czech rodák, krajan
- rodáksomebody from a certain country
- krajansomebody from one's own country
- krajancountry dweller
Danish landsmand, landsmand
- landsmandsomebody from a certain country
- landsmandsomebody from one's own country
- landbocountry dweller
- landboercountry dweller
Dutch landgenoot, landgenoot
- landgenootsomebody from one's own country
- landgenootcountry dweller
Esperanto samlandano
- samlandanosomebody from one's own country
Finnish kansalainen, maalainen
- kansalainensomebody from a certain country
- maalainensomebody from a certain country
- maanmiessomebody from one's own country
- maalainencountry dweller
French citoyen, citoyenne
- citoyensomebody from a certain country
- citoyennesomebody from a certain country
- habitantsomebody from a certain country
- habitantesomebody from a certain country
- compatriotesomebody from one's own country
- campagnardcountry dweller
- campagnardecountry dweller
German Landsmann, Landsmännin
- Landsmannsomebody from a certain country
- Landsmänninsomebody from a certain country
- Landsmannsomebody from one's own country
- Landsmänninsomebody from one's own country
- Landsfrausomebody from one's own country
- Kompatriotsomebody from one's own country
- Kompatriotinsomebody from one's own country
- Landmanncountry dweller
- Landfraucountry dweller
- Landbewohnercountry dweller
- Landbewohnerincountry dweller
- Landeicountry dweller
Greek αγρότης, αγρότισσα
- αγρότης (agrótis)country dweller
- αγρότισσα (agrótissa)country dweller
Hungarian honfitárs, honfitárs
- honfitárssomebody from one's own country
- honfitárscountry dweller
Irish tuathánach
- tuathánachcountry dweller
Italian connazionale
- connazionalesomebody from one's own country
Japanese 国民, 同胞
- 国民 (kokumin)somebody from a certain country
- 同胞somebody from one's own country
- 田舎者 (inakamono)country dweller
Korean 동포
- 동포 (dongpo)somebody from one's own country
Norwegian Bokmål landsmann, landsmanninne
- landsmannsomebody from a certain country
- landsmanninnesomebody from a certain country
- landsmannsomebody from one's own country
- landsmanninnesomebody from one's own country
- landboercountry dweller
- landbuercountry dweller
- landbefolkningcountry dweller
Persian هموطن
- هموطن (hamvatan)somebody from one's own country
Polish krajan, krajanka
- krajansomebody from one's own country
- krajankasomebody from one's own country
Portuguese nacional, compatriota
- nacionalsomebody from a certain country
- compatriotasomebody from one's own country
- campesinocountry dweller
- campesinacountry dweller
- camponêscountry dweller
- camponesacountry dweller
Russian жи́тель, жи́тельница
- жи́тель (žítelʹ)somebody from a certain country
- жи́тельница (žítelʹnica)somebody from a certain country
- граждани́н (graždanín)somebody from a certain country
- гражда́нка (graždánka)somebody from a certain country
- сооте́чественник (sootéčestvennik)somebody from one's own country
- сооте́чественница (sootéčestvennica)somebody from one's own country
- земля́к (zemlják)somebody from one's own country
- земля́чка (zemljáčka)somebody from one's own country
- се́льский жи́тель (sélʹskij žítelʹ)country dweller
- се́льская жи́тельница (sélʹskaja žítelʹnica)country dweller
- селя́нин (seljánin)country dweller
- селя́нка (seljánka)country dweller
Spanish paisano, paisana
- paisanosomebody from one's own country
- paisanasomebody from one's own country
- compatriotasomebody from one's own country
- campesinocountry dweller
- campesinacountry dweller
Swedish landsman, landsmaninna
- landsmansomebody from a certain country
- landsmaninnasomebody from a certain country
- landsmansomebody from one's own country
- landsmaninnasomebody from one's own country
- lantmancountry dweller
Ukrainian співвітчи́зник, співвітчи́зниця
- співвітчи́зник (spivvitčýznyk)somebody from one's own country
- співвітчи́зниця (spivvitčýznycja)somebody from one's own country
- земля́к (zemlják)somebody from one's own country
- земля́чка (zemljáčka)somebody from one's own country
Vietnamese đồng bào
- đồng bàosomebody from one's own country
Yiddish דאָרפֿמאַן
- דאָרפֿמאַן (dorfman)country dweller
Cite this entry
countryman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countryman
“countryman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countryman. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countryman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countryman.
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