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Definition of countryman in English: countrymannounPlural countrymen ˈkʌntrɪmənˈkəntrimən 1A man living or born in a rural area. he was a complete countryman, with a pronounced affinity with nature Example sentencesExamples - It's a countryman's broadside against misguided townie sentiment, and proof that the turkey industry is far from black-and-White.
- His oppressive office compelled the countrymen to bring their articles to market.
- Micah, a simple countryman, was a native of a very poor village.
- The birds concerned were raised on a farm at Hillborough; a true countryman born and bred raised them.
- I'm proud of what I do, I'm a countryman.
- I still like the story of the time when an old countryman met a bureaucrat down a country lane.
- As a person who likes rustic charm, these fruits reminded me of countrymen who are ignorant of the ways of the world.
- The man in charge is a countryman through and through, who enjoys getting the country message across to visitors.
- A countryman at heart, he was nevertheless fascinated and appalled by the urban condition.
- Perhaps the old countryman had an idea when he said: ‘Farmers should suck their own blood and cut out the supermarkets altogether.’
Synonyms farmer, farmhand, country dweller, country cousin, son/daughter of the soil rustic, yokel, bumpkin, peasant, provincial French paysan Russian muzhik, kulak Spanish campesino, paisano Italian contadino, contadina Egyptian fellah Indian ryot Irish informal culchie, bogman North American informal hayseed, hick, hillbilly, rube, schlub Australian informal bushy, ocker archaic swain, hind, kern, carl, churl, cottier rare bucolic 2A person from the same country as someone else. 同乡；同胞 they trust a fellow countryman 他们信任老乡。 Example sentencesExamples - So brothers, sisters, countrymen, join me and sing with your hearts.
- Last month he caused a stir among his countrymen when he called for universal access to antiretroviral drugs.
- Here, the exiled speaker asks a fellow countryman if the same pleasant breeze blows across the borders.
- All right, say his defenders, how many of his fellow countrymen could do better?
- There can be absolutely no valid reason why my countrymen do not take pride in keeping their country clean.
- However, many of his fellow countrymen detested him with just as much passion.
- But how different everything becomes when our own countrymen are the wrongdoers.
- Currently his countrymen have the lowest opinion of the EU and least confidence in it of all 25 member states.
- Many of us also have more in common with our fellow countrymen than with events in a far off country.
- Have you ever wondered how stupid some of your fellow countrymen and women are?
- Making the comments showed a great deal of insensitivity to your fellow countrymen, and a lack of foresight of the repercussions of such statements.
- The views of this writer are not necessarily those of her fellow countrymen / women
- Not all of his fellow countrymen, however, are impressed.
- A quarter of his countrymen depend on coffee for a living.
- When the war broke they flocked to help the South while their fellow countrymen flocked to the Northern armies.
- They kindled the fire of hatred in the young and innocent minds of the new generation against a particular section of their countrymen.
- I've never been as ashamed of my fellow countrymen as I was when I read this story.
- Unfortunately, the behavior of a few scumbags reflects on their country and countrymen.
- How can someone like me pretend to know what life was and is like for the worst-off of my fellow countrymen?
- British men look in the mirror and they like what they see, according to a poll of more than 2,000 of our self-confident countrymen.
Synonyms compatriot, fellow citizen, fellow national, fellow countryman/countrywoman
Definition of countryman in US English: countrymannounˈkəntrēmənˈkəntrimən 1A person from the same country or region as someone else. 同乡；同胞 she followed in the tradition of her countrymen 她承袭同胞的风俗。 they trust a fellow countryman 他们信任老乡。 2A man living or born in a rural area. he was a complete countryman, with a pronounced affinity with nature
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