fellow-countrywoman
Example Sentences
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"And in the face of thy brother's strong desire thou art waiting to witness the foul torture and death of a lady refined and good—our fellow-countrywoman too!"
From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Grant Balfour
Her paternal Huguenot ancestor was a surgeon, who was married to a fellow-countrywoman and co-religionist of the name of Pierre.
From Harriet Martineau by Florence Fenwick Miller
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 Havelock Ellis
A few words disclosed the fact that she was a fellow-countrywoman, although residing in England, and at present on her way to join some friends at Harrogate.
From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte
He did not believe that his old fellow-countrywoman would, to use a vulgar English colloquialism, “give him away.”
From Good Old Anna by Marie Belloc Lowndes
