Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
COMPATRIOT
compatriot
(noun) a person from your own country
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
compatriot (plural compatriots)
Somebody from one's own country.
Synonyms
• fellow citizen
• fellow countryman, fellow countrywoman
Adjective
compatriot (comparative more compatriot, superlative most compatriot)
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pa"tri*ot, n. Etym: [F. compatriote, LL. compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See Patriot, and cf. Copatriot.]
Definition: One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling. The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America. Palfrey.
Com*pa"tri*ot, a.
Definition: Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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