/ kəmˈpætriət; NAmE -ˈpeɪt-/ noun
a person who was born in, or is a citizen of, the same country as sb else
SYN countryman :
He played against one of his compatriots in the semi-final.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from French compatriote , from late Latin compatriota (translating Greek sumpatriōtēs ), from com- together with + patriota fellow countryman, from Greek patriōtēs , from patrios of one's fathers, from patris fatherland.