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compatriot

[kuhm-pey-tree-uht, -pa-] / kəmˈpeɪ tri ət, -ˈpæ- /
NOUN
fellow countryman/countrywoman
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Francis Ford Coppola decamped there to write his script for “The Godfather,” and it’s where his compatriot George Lucas conjured up the “Star Wars” universe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

He has reportedly been training at the Spanish Football Federation's facilities over the summer with compatriot and fellow free agent Joselu.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch is "very happy" to see compatriot Guy Pearce play him in a new, largely sympathetic movie about his early business life, the actor said on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Together with his powerful compatriot, Agrippa witnesses—and helps bring about—the destruction of the Roman Republic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He looked a great deal as his compatriot must have looked when he saw the promised land.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

But Romero said he, like many of his compatriots, is in the dark over the objectives of the negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

After a dismal start that saw 15 of his compatriots fall in the first round, he has carried British singles hopes further than anyone imagined, and dazzled the home crowd with his fighting spirit.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

On Friday, Sept. 10, 1976, a Croat named Zvonko Bušić, his wife, Julienne, and three compatriots boarded a plane bound for Chicago.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Johnny Joyce’s Irish compatriots dominated Bridgeport; the poorest crowded into the southern subsection of the neighborhood called Canaryville.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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