'Countryman' definitions:
Definition of 'countryman'
From: WordNet
noun
A man from your own country
noun
A man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn: countryman, ruralist]
Definition of 'Countryman'
From: GCIDE
- Countryman \Coun"try*man\ (k[u^]n"tr[i^]-man), n.; pl. Countrymen (-men).
- 1. An inhabitant or native of a region. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. [1913 Webster]
- In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. --2 Cor. xi. 26. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer. [1913 Webster]
- A simple countryman that brought her figs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'countryman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backwoodsman,
- bumpkin,
- clodhopper,
- clown,
- compatriot,
- congener,
- countrywoman,
- fellah,
- fellow citizen,
- fellow countryman,
- fellow townsman,
- hayseed,
- hick,
- hillbilly,
- hind,
- home towner,
- landsman,
- muzhik,
- paesano,
- paisano,
- peasant,
- peon,
- provincial