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countryman

noun

1 countryman

A man from your own country.

Roget 876: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, ... show more

Roget 890: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus [Lat.]; usque ad aras [Lat.]; fidus Achates [Lat.]; persona grata.    acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, ... show more

Dutch: landgenoot
Polish: krajan, współziemianin, współziomek, ziomek

2 countryman

A man who lives in the country and has country ways.

synonym: ruralist.

Dutch: plattelandsbewoner
Polish: wieśniak, wsiowy


Moby thesaurus: backwoodsman, bumpkin, clodhopper, clown, compatriot, congener, countrywoman, fellah, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, fellow townsman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hind, home towner, landsman, muzhik, paesano, paisano ... show more.

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