Standard Lemma guide

countryman

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkʌntɹimən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH1 N T R IY0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Somebody from a certain country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: countryperson, person

3

noun

Meaning 3

Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compatriot, fellow citizen, homelander

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: countryperson, person

4

noun

Meaning 4

A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: country mouse

Antonyms: city mouse

Broader terms: countryperson, person

5

noun

Meaning 5

A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: traveller

Broader terms: countryperson, person

6

noun

Meaning 6

a man from your own country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compatriot

7

noun

Meaning 7

a man who lives in the country and has country ways

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ruralist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rustic

Narrower terms: Philemon

History

Etymology

From country + -man.

Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: kahimanwa — somebody from a certain country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國民 /国民 (guómín) — somebody from a certain country
  • Czech: rodák — somebody from a certain country
  • Danish: landsmand — somebody from a certain country
  • Finnish: kansalainen — somebody from a certain country
  • Finnish: maalainen — somebody from a certain country
  • French: citoyen — somebody from a certain country
  • French: citoyenne — somebody from a certain country
  • French: habitant — somebody from a certain country
  • French: habitante — somebody from a certain country
  • German: Landsmann — somebody from a certain country
  • German: Landsmännin — somebody from a certain country
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (inkunja) — somebody from a certain country
  • Japanese: 国民 (kokumin) — somebody from a certain country
  • Macedonian: жи́тел (žítel) — somebody from a certain country
  • Macedonian: жи́телка (žítelka) — somebody from a certain country
  • Macedonian: гра́ѓанин (gráǵanin) — somebody from a certain country
  • Macedonian: гра́ѓанка (gráǵanka) — somebody from a certain country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landsmann — somebody from a certain country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landsmanninne — somebody from a certain country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landsmann — somebody from a certain country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landsmanninne — somebody from a certain country
  • Portuguese: nacional — somebody from a certain country
  • Russian: жи́тель (žítelʹ) — somebody from a certain country
  • Russian: жи́тельница (žítelʹnica) — somebody from a certain country
  • Russian: граждани́н (graždanín) — somebody from a certain country
  • Russian: гражда́нка (graždánka) — somebody from a certain country
  • Sranan Tongo: kondreman — somebody from a certain country
  • Swedish: landsman — somebody from a certain country
  • Swedish: landsmaninna — somebody from a certain country
  • Albanian: bashkatdhetar — somebody from one's own country
  • Albanian: njëgjakës — somebody from one's own country
  • Arabic: مُوَاطِن (muwāṭin) — somebody from one's own country
  • Asturian: paisanu — somebody from one's own country
  • Asturian: paisana — somebody from one's own country
  • Central Bikol: kahimanwa — somebody from one's own country
  • Bulgarian: съоте́чественик (sǎotéčestvenik) — somebody from one's own country
  • Bulgarian: земля́к (zemlják) — somebody from one's own country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同胞 (tóngbāo) — somebody from one's own country
  • Czech: krajan — somebody from one's own country
  • Danish: landsmand — somebody from one's own country
  • Dutch: landgenoot — somebody from one's own country
  • Esperanto: samlandano — somebody from one's own country
  • Finnish: maanmies — somebody from one's own country
  • French: compatriote — somebody from one's own country
  • Galician: paisano — somebody from one's own country
  • Galician: compatriota — somebody from one's own country
  • German: Landsmann — somebody from one's own country
  • German: Landsmännin — somebody from one's own country
  • German: Landsfrau — somebody from one's own country
  • German: Kompatriot — somebody from one's own country
  • German: Kompatriotin — somebody from one's own country
  • Hungarian: honfitárs — somebody from one's own country
  • Italian: connazionale — somebody from one's own country
  • Japanese: 同胞 — somebody from one's own country
  • Korean: 동포 (dongpo) — somebody from one's own country
  • Macedonian: зе́мјак (zémjak) — somebody from one's own country
  • Macedonian: сона́родник (sonárodnik) — somebody from one's own country
  • Macedonian: сонаро́дничка (sonaródnička) — somebody from one's own country
  • Manx: co-heeragh — somebody from one's own country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landsmann — somebody from one's own country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landsmanninne — somebody from one's own country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landsmann — somebody from one's own country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landsmanninne — somebody from one's own country
  • Persian: هموطن (hamvatan) — somebody from one's own country
  • Polish: krajan — somebody from one's own country
  • Polish: krajanka — somebody from one's own country
  • Portuguese: compatriota — somebody from one's own country
  • Russian: сооте́чественник (sootéčestvennik) — somebody from one's own country
  • Russian: сооте́чественница (sootéčestvennica) — somebody from one's own country
  • Russian: земля́к (zemlják) — somebody from one's own country
  • Russian: земля́чка (zemljáčka) — somebody from one's own country
  • Spanish: paisano — somebody from one's own country
  • Spanish: paisana — somebody from one's own country
  • Spanish: compatriota — somebody from one's own country
  • Sranan Tongo: kondreman — somebody from one's own country
  • Swedish: landsman — somebody from one's own country
  • Swedish: landsmaninna — somebody from one's own country
  • Ukrainian: співвітчи́зник (spivvitčýznyk) — somebody from one's own country
  • Ukrainian: співвітчи́зниця (spivvitčýznycja) — somebody from one's own country
  • Ukrainian: земля́к (zemlják) — somebody from one's own country
  • Ukrainian: земля́чка (zemljáčka) — somebody from one's own country
  • Vietnamese: đồng bào — somebody from one's own country
  • Asturian: campesín — country dweller
  • Asturian: aldeanu — country dweller
  • Chinese Mandarin: 農民 /农民 (nóngmín) — country dweller
  • Chinese Mandarin: 農村人 /农村人 (nóngcūnrén) — country dweller
  • Czech: krajan — country dweller
  • Danish: landbo — country dweller
  • Danish: landboer — country dweller
  • Dutch: landgenoot — country dweller
  • Finnish: maalainen — country dweller
  • French: campagnard — country dweller
  • French: campagnarde — country dweller
  • Galician: paisano — country dweller
  • German: Landmann — country dweller
  • German: Landfrau — country dweller
  • German: Landbewohner — country dweller
  • German: Landbewohnerin — country dweller
  • German: Landei — country dweller
  • German: Landpomeranze — country dweller
  • German: Landmensch — country dweller
  • German: Landvolk — country dweller
  • Greek: αγρότης (agrótis) — country dweller
  • Greek: αγρότισσα (agrótissa) — country dweller
  • Hungarian: honfitárs — country dweller
  • Irish: tuathánach — country dweller
  • Japanese: 田舎者 (inakamono) — country dweller
  • Macedonian: се́ланец (sélanec) — country dweller
  • Norman: campangnard — country dweller
  • Norman: campangnarde — country dweller
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landboer — country dweller
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landbuer — country dweller
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landbefolkning — country dweller
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landbu — country dweller
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landbefolkning — country dweller
  • Portuguese: campesino — country dweller
  • Portuguese: campesina — country dweller
  • Portuguese: camponês — country dweller
  • Portuguese: camponesa — country dweller
  • Russian: се́льский жи́тель (sélʹskij žítelʹ) — country dweller
  • Russian: се́льская жи́тельница (sélʹskaja žítelʹnica) — country dweller
  • Russian: селя́нин (seljánin) — country dweller
  • Russian: селя́нка (seljánka) — country dweller
  • Spanish: campesino — country dweller
  • Spanish: campesina — country dweller
  • Sranan Tongo: kondreman — country dweller
  • Swedish: lantman — country dweller
  • Yiddish: דאָרפֿמאַן (dorfman) — country dweller
Real reading context

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