countryman

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COUNTRYMAN, noun 1. One born in the same country with another. This man is my countryman [See 2 Corinthians 11:26] 2. One who dwells in the country, as opposed to a citizen; a rustic; a farmer or husbandmen; a man of plain unpolished manners. 3. An inhabitant or native of a region. What countryman is he?
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