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compatriot

com·pat·riot

UK/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/ US/kəmˈpætɹi.ət/ rare

noun

1.

a person from your own country

Origin

Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda.

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