Definition for COUN'TRY-MAN

COUN'TRY-MAN, n.

  1. One born in the same country with another. This man is my countryman. See 2 Cor. xi. 26.
  2. One who dwells in the country, as opposed to a citizen; a rustic; a farmer or husbandman; a man of plain unpolished manners.
  3. An inhabitant or native of a region. What countryman is he?

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