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COUNTRYMEN
Noun
countrymen
plural of countryman
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTRYMAN
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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