compatriot[noun]Synonyms: colleague, associate, compeer, confrere
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
com‧pat‧ri‧ot /kəmˈpætriət $ -ˈpeɪt-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: compatriote, from Late Latin, from Latin com- ( ⇒ COM-) + Late Latin patriota (, patriot)]
someone who was born in or is a citizen of the same country as someone else
Synonym : countrymansb’s compatriot
Schmidt defeated his compatriot Hausmann in the quarter final. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲