Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman from one's own country; a compatriot.
- noun A woman from a particular country.
- noun A woman who lives in the country or has country ways.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female inhabitant or native of a particular country or region.
- noun A woman born in the same country with another person.
- noun A woman belonging to the country, as opposed to the town.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
female compatriot - noun A
woman who lives in thecountry or has retained country ways
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
- noun a woman from your own country
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Examples
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Must say 'the duchess' really looked the part of the 'countrywoman'.
Brown Rain. Glyn Davies 2007
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Must say 'the duchess' really looked the part of the 'countrywoman'.
Archive 2007-07-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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'countrywoman' was judicious, and I determined to be governed by it.
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"countrywoman" was judicious, and I determined to be governed by it.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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You were a countrywoman of Jane Austen's, born just a generation after hers.
Nava Atlas: Based Upon the Book: An Interview with Charlotte Brontë Nava Atlas 2011
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You were a countrywoman of Jane Austen's, born just a generation after hers.
Nava Atlas: Based Upon the Book: An Interview with Charlotte Brontë Nava Atlas 2011
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In Sydney, Australia, three years ago, Petkovic and Julia Goerges, her 22-year-old German countrywoman, were sharing a room to save on expenses when they had to play each other in a tournament.
Is Women's Tennis Too Nice? Tom Perrotta 2011
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In the women's event, Caroline Rotich of Kenya outkicked her countrywoman Edna Kiplagat on the home stretch to shatter the course record by 33 seconds and break the tape in 1:08.52.
Newcomers Prevail in Half-Marathon Joshua Robinson 2011
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Asada uncorked a majestic triple axel in the first 20 seconds of her program, high and tight and textbook right, the first by a woman in the Olympic Games since her countrywoman Midori Ito landed one in the long program at the 1992 Albertville Olympics — yet she still didn't come close to winning the short program.
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Wow! said Riesch, whose countrywoman, Viktoria Rebensburg, won the giant slalom Thursday.
Lindsey Vonn out at Olympics, but focused on winning World Cup title 2010
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