COUNTRYMAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does countryman mean? • COUNTRYMAN (noun)
The noun COUNTRYMAN has 2 senses:
1. a man from your own country
2. a man who lives in the country and has country ways
Familiarity information: COUNTRYMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COUNTRYMAN (noun)
Meaning:
A man from your own country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("countryman" is a kind of...):
compatriot (a person from your own country)
Instance hyponyms:
Philemon ((Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety)
Meaning:
A man who lives in the country and has country ways
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
countryman; ruralist
Hypernyms ("countryman" is a kind of...):
rustic (an unsophisticated country person)
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