— compatriotic /keuhm pay'tree ot"ik/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa'-/ , adj. — compatriotism , n.
/keuhm pay"tree euht/ or, esp. Brit., /-pa"-/ , n.
1. a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
adj.
2. of the same country.
[ 1605-15; compatriota. See COM-, PATRIOT ]