Countryman

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An inhabitant or native of a region.

II. Countryman ·noun One born in the same country with another; a compatriot;

— used with a possessive pronoun.

III. Countryman ·noun One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.

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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.