compatriot
Word family adjectivecompatrioticnouncompatriotcompatriotism
com·pat·ri·ot /kəmˈpætriət $ -ˈpeɪt-/ noun [countableC] SANsomeone who was born in or is a citizen of the same country as someone else 同国人,同胞 SYN countrymansomebody’s compatriot Schmidt defeated his compatriot Hausmann in the quarter final. 施密特在四分之一决赛中击败了同胞豪斯曼。
Origin compatriot (1500-1600) French compatriote, from
Late Latin, from
Latin com- (
→ COM-) +
Late Latin patriota (
→ PATRIOT)