compatriot

Definition

  • noun: a person from the same country as someone else
  • noun: a person born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same country as another
  • synonyms: adjunct, ally, associate

Examples

  • We watched our 'compatriots' compete in the Olympics.

  • the famous actor and his theater 'compatriots'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Your country? Forgive me. I am a romanian too. Romanian? And aren't you ashamed? Do you want to buckle me, by making me a traitor? And you're saying that you are our compatriot. Shut up... Get out! Take them away! Tell Lieutenant Varga that they refuse to talk. Take them away! (..)
    1965 Forest of the Hanged