Countrymen
[kuhn-tree-muh n] /ˈkʌn tri mən/
noun, plural countrymen.
1.
a native or inhabitant of one’s own country.
2.
a native or inhabitant of a particular region.
3.
a person who lives in the country.
4.
an unsophisticated person, as one who lives in or comes from a rural area; rustic.
/ˈkʌntrɪmən/
noun (pl) -men
1.
a person who lives in the country
2.
a person from a particular country or from one’s own country (esp in the phrase fellow countryman)
n.
late 13c., from country + man (n.).
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