noun
definition
Somebody from one's own country.
adjective
definition
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
Examples of compatriot in a Sentence
I am delighted to meet a compatriot.
It was on this mission that he met and helped his compatriot Bonaparte.
From this point of view Pierre d'Ailly, together with his compatriot Cardinal Fillastre, took the preponderating part during the first.
Fourth position overall was filled by Gjedde's Danish compatriot Mads Korneliussen, who spent the season'doubling-up ' from Premier League Newport.
Darwish eased past John Williams in 27 minutes while Elborolossy took 36 minutes to defeat compatriot Muhammed Essam Hafiz.
The 19-year-old from Pontefract in Yorkshire, seeded four, overcame experienced compatriot Paul Lord in the first round of the eight-man event.
Els is joined by compatriot Retief Goosen, with US-based Zimbabwean Nick Price also making a rare trip to European shores.
Third seed Palmer is scheduled to meet compatriot Anthony Ricketts, the sixth seed, in the last eight.
A celebrated lawsuit in Alsace, pleaded by his friend and compatriot Ignace Chauffour, aroused his interest by reviving the question of the origin of the feudal laws, and gradually led him to study the formation of those laws and the early growth of the feudal system.
Meanwhile, the leading conception from which St Teresa started had developed along characteristically different lines in the mind of her compatriot and contemporary, Ignatius Loyola.
On the staff of Figaro was another compatriot with whom she was already intimate as a visitor at Nohant.
He was then cleansed and re-clothed, his room cleaned, and during the day he was visited by his new attendant, a creole and a compatriot of Josephine de Beauharnais, named Jean Jacques Christophe Laurent (1770--1807), who had from the 8th of November onwards assistance for his charge from a man named Gomin.