countryman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: countryman	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for countryman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
countryman n a man from your own country a man who lives in the country and has country ways Synonym(s): countryman, ruralist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Countryman \Coun"tryman\ (k[ucr]n"tr[icr]-m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Countrymen} (-m[eit]n). 1. An inhabitant or native of a region. --Shak. 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. --2 Cor. xi. 26. 3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer. A simple countryman* that brought her figs. --Shak.