countryman

See also: Countryman

English

Etymology

From country +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌntɹimən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: coun‧try‧man

Noun

countryman (plural countrymen)

1. Somebody from a certain country.
2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.
   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 121, column 2:

     Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:

   • 2014 June 22, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

     You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does.

3. A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
4. (Ireland, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

Derived terms

• north countryman

Translations

somebody from a certain country

• Bikol Central: kahimanwa
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國民／国民 (zh) (guómín)

• Czech: rodák m
• Danish: landsmand (da) c
• Finnish: kansalainen (fi); maalainen (fi) (in compounds and questions)
• French: citoyen (fr) m, citoyenne (fr) f, habitant (fr) m, habitante (fr) f
• German: Landsmann (de) m, Landsmännin (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 m (inkunja)
• Japanese: 国民 (ja) (こくみん, kokumin)
• Macedonian: жи́тел m (žítel), жи́телка f (žítelka), гра́ѓанин m (gráǵanin), гра́ѓанка f (gráǵanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landsmann (no) m, landsmanninne m or f

  Nynorsk: landsmann m, landsmanninne f

• Portuguese: nacional (pt) m
• Russian: жи́тель (ru) m (žítelʹ), жи́тельница (ru) f (žítelʹnica), граждани́н (ru) m (graždanín), гражда́нка (ru) f (graždánka)
• Sranan Tongo: kondreman
• Swedish: landsman (sv) c, landsmaninna (sv) c

somebody from one's own country

• Arabic: مُوَاطِن (ar) (muwāṭin)
• Bulgarian: съоте́чественик (bg) m (sǎotéčestvenik), земля́к m (zemlják)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同胞 (zh) (tóngbāo)

• Czech: krajan (cs) m
• Danish: landsmand (da) c
• Dutch: landgenoot (nl) m
• Esperanto: samlandano
• Finnish: maanmies (fi)
• French: compatriote (fr) m or f
• Galician: paisano (gl), compatriota
• German: Landsmann (de) m, Landsmännin (de) f, Landsfrau (de) f, Kompatriot m (obsolete), Kompatriotin f (obsolete)
• Hungarian: honfitárs (hu)
• Italian: connazionale (it) m or f
• Japanese: 同胞 (ja) (はらから, harakara, どうほう, dōhō)
• Korean: 동포 (ko) (dongpo)
• Macedonian: зе́мјак m (zémjak), сона́родник m (sonárodnik), сонаро́дничка f (sonaródnička)
• Manx: co-heeragh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landsmann (no) m, landsmanninne m or f

  Nynorsk: landsmann m, landsmanninne f

• Persian: هموطن (hamvatan)
• Polish: krajan (pl) m, krajanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: compatriota (pt) m or f
• Russian: сооте́чественник (ru) m (sootéčestvennik), сооте́чественница (ru) f (sootéčestvennica), земля́к (ru) m (zemlják), земля́чка (ru) f (zemljáčka) (informal)
• Spanish: paisano (es) m, paisana (es) f, compatriota (es) m or f
• Sranan Tongo: kondreman
• Swedish: landsman (sv) c, landsmaninna (sv) c
• Vietnamese: đồng bào (vi)

country dweller

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農民／农民 (zh) (nóngmín), 農村人／农村人 (nóngcūnrén)

• Czech: krajan (cs) m
• Danish: landbo c, landboer c
• Dutch: landgenoot (nl) m
• Finnish: maalainen (fi)
• French: campagnard (fr) m, campagnarde (fr) f
• Galician: paisano (gl)
• German: Landmann (de) m, Landfrau (de) f, Landbewohner (de) m, Landbewohnerin (de) f, Landei (de) n (pejorative), Landpomeranze (de) f (pejorative), Landmensch (de) m, Landvolk n (collective)
• Greek: αγρότης (el) m (agrótis), αγρότισσα (el) f (agrótissa)
• Hungarian: honfitárs (hu)
• Irish: tuathánach m
• Japanese: 田舎者 (ja) (いなかもの, inakamono)
• Macedonian: се́ланец m (sélanec)
• Norman: campangnard m, campangnarde f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landboer m, landbuer m, landbefolkning m (collective)

  Bokmål: landbu m, landbefolkning m (collective)

• Portuguese: campesino (pt) m, campesina f, camponês (pt) m, camponesa f
• Russian: се́льский жи́тель m (sélʹskij žítelʹ), се́льская жи́тельница f (sélʹskaja žítelʹnica), селя́нин (ru) m (seljánin), селя́нка (ru) f (seljánka)
• Spanish: campesino (es) m, campesina (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: kondreman
• Yiddish: דאָרפֿמאַן m (dorfman)