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compatriot|kəmˈpeɪtrɪət, -ˈpæt-|
[a. F. compatriote, ad. L. compatriōta, f. com- with + patriōta countryman: see patriot.]
1. One who is of the same country with another; a fellow-countryman.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §46 With the..bloud⁓shed of innumerable their Compatriots. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Myst. Div. 107 Your Friend, Acquaintante, or Compatriot. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 318 They..are ready to think a compatriot braver..and more deserving than any foreigner. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 108 We..may well say to our compatriots that not to possess necessary knowledge is a disgrace.
2. attrib. and adj. Of the same country.
1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. i. 602 To my compatriot youth I point the high example of thy sons. 1784Cowper Task ii. 238 That Chatham's language was his mother tongue, And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. vii. ii. 292 note, He does not seem a favorite with his compatriot critics. |