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Compatriot

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət

Definitions

Somebody from one's own country.

Equivalents

39 more languages
Беларускаясуайчыннік
Bosanskikrajanka
Esperantosamlandano
فارسیهموطن
Hrvatskikrajanka
Հայերենհայրենակից
Bahasa Indonesiakompatriot
Қазақ тіліотандас
ភាសាខ្មែរមិត្តរួមជាតិ
한국어동포
Кыргызчамекендеш
Српскиkrajanka
Tagalogkababayan
Tiếng Việtđồng bào

Examples

And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight degree modified, will still inherit those advantages that enabled their parents to become dominant over their compatriots.”
the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.”

CEFR level

C2
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