Definitions for compatriot

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compatriot com·pa·tri·ot

Spelling: [kuh m-pey-tree-uh t or, esp. British, - Compatriot is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 537 anagrams from letters in compatriot (acimooprtt).

Definitions for compatriot

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.

adjective

1. of the same country.

Origin of compatriot

From the Late Latin word compatriōta, dating back to 1605-15. See com-, patriot

Examples for compatriot

Almost, indeed, had the Breton shuddered at his compatriot's cold-bloodedness.

There he is, with his wife and daughters, and one may stare at him with all the frankness of a compatriot.

With the assistance of a girl, a compatriot of his, he has reduced all things to order.

We all know about Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Dostoevsky, but what about their compatriot, Nikolai Leskov?

Now I ask my compatriot, would he trade his lot for that of Mr. Blake with all his money?

We want every one with honesty and courage to join us, and we claim you as a compatriot.

I have a compatriot with me, one Joseph Lesurques, whom I met on the way here.

But he was to find out that this compatriot of Aguinaldo was unusual in many ways.

And his secular Tel Avivi compatriot Ayelet Shaked destroys all stereotypes of an Israeli “radical.”

After a time, they used their influence with their compatriot to lease his land.