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countryman

noun as in person from one's country

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Despite its military prowess, Sparta lacked strategic depth; its king, Archidamus II, therefore urged his countrymen to remonstrate with the Athenians, to buy time while recruiting other distant powers to their side.

She finds her new countrymen puzzling in nearly every way.

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He saw inmates as his countrymen, and his faith taught him that nobody was beyond salvation; there was good in everyone.

His first response to his countrymen today has been to publicly emphasise that he did not, in fact, agree to a Palestinian state.

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Emery believes the transition will be smooth with his fellow Basque countryman Olabe as they were able to replace Monchi quickly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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