COUNTRYMAN

countryman

(noun) a man from your own country

countryman, ruralist

(noun) a man who lives in the country and has country ways

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Countryman (plural Countrymans)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Countryman is the 7977th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4144 individuals. Countryman is most common among White (88.18%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

countryman

Somebody from a certain country.

Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.

A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.

(Irish, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

Source: Wiktionary


Coun"try*man (kn"tr-man), n.; pl. Countrymen (-men).

1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak.

2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26.

3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer. A simple countryman that brought her figs. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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