compatriot

English

Etymology

From French compatriote, from Latin cum (“with”) + patria (“homeland”)

Noun

compatriot (plural compatriots)

  1. Somebody from one's own country.
    • Palfrey
      the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
    • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport‎:
      However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

compatriot (comparative more compatriot, superlative most compatriot)

  1. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
    • Thomson
      She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, / Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for compatriot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French compatriote, Latin compatriota.

Noun

compatriot m (plural compatrioți, feminine equivalent compatrioată)

  1. compatriot

Declension
declension of compatriot
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) compatriot compatriotul (niște) compatrioți compatrioții
genitive/dative (unui) compatriot compatriotului (unor) compatrioți compatrioților
vocative compatriotule compatrioților
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