fellow-countrywoman

Example Sentences

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The latter, who was also a German, was moved even to tears when she saw me: for fifteen years she had not spoken with a fellow-countrywoman.

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida

Then it was that the Chinese gave expression in very concrete form to their appreciation of their fellow-countrywoman, and the work which she was doing in that hospital.

From Notable Women of Modern China by Burton, Margaret E.

I realised in a flash the profound contrast to that fellow-countrywoman of mine who had fascinated my attention on board the boat.

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

He did not believe that his old fellow-countrywoman would, to use a vulgar English colloquialism, “give him away.”

From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

She was comfortably cared for by a fellow-countrywoman, and a regular dispensary physician sent for.

From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)