compatriot

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/
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/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/ · /kəmˈpætɹi.ət/

Definition of compatriot

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Somebody from one's own country.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. Somebody from one's own country.
    “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.”

adj

  1. Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.
    “She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

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