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countryman

noun as in person from one's country

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And as their lower-income countrymen curb their spending, the affluent are going to be “called upon to drive more of the sales and more of the visits this holiday season,” said R.J.

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And as their lower-income countrymen curb their spending, the affluent are going to be “called upon to drive more of the sales and more of the visits this holiday season,” said R.J.

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Matsuzawa isn’t quite as famous as his countryman, but landing in the NFL would put him in an even bigger spotlight.

“When Shakespeare wrote a speech in the Roman style in his tragic play about Julius Caesar, he began it thus: ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.’

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Having been absent for 20 years, he fears—and rightly—that he will be unrecognizable to family, retainers, and countrymen.

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

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