compatriot

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /kəmˈpeɪtriət/ UK /kəmˈpætriət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a fellow citizen or countryman

Abroad, she was overjoyed to meet a compatriot.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a fellow citizen or countryman countryman fellow national citizen kinsman

Opposites

foreigner alien stranger

Word family

Derived forms compatriotism

Related forms patriot patriotic expatriate

Etymology

From French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriota, from com- ('together with') + patriota ('fellow countryman'), from Ancient Greek patriōtēs, from patris ('fatherland'), from patēr ('father').

compatriota Late Latin patēr Ancient Greek

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# compatriot

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpeɪtriət/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpætriət/

## Meanings
1. a fellow citizen or countryman

## Examples
- Abroad, she was overjoyed to meet a compatriot.

## Synonyms
- countryman
- fellow
- national
- citizen
- kinsman

## Antonyms
- foreigner
- alien
- stranger

## Derived Forms
- compatriotism

## Related Forms
- patriot
- patriotic
- expatriate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compatriota
- Root: patēr

## Etymology
From French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriota, from com- ('together with') + patriota ('fellow countryman'), from Ancient Greek patriōtēs, from patris ('fatherland'), from patēr ('father').

## AI Etymology
Compatriot is from French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriota, from com- ('together with') + patriota ('fellow countryman'), from Ancient Greek patriōtēs, from patris ('fatherland'), from patēr ('father'). Important recorded forms include compatriota (Late Latin) and patēr (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a fellow citizen or countryman. The wider family includes derived forms such as compatriotism and related words such as patriot, patriotic, and expatriate.

## Topics
- People & Society

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