Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compatriot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compatriot \Com*pa"tri*ot\, a.
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race,
Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compatriot \Com*pa"tri*ot\, n. [F. compatriote, LL.
compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See {Patriot}, and
cf. {Copatriot}.]
One of the same country, and having like interests and
feeling.
The distrust with which they felt themselves to be
regarded by their compatriots in America. --Palfrey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compatriot
n : a person from your own country
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