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countryman
DEFINITIONS OF:
countryman
1
n
a man from your own country
Type of:
compatriot
a person from your own country
n
a man who lives in the country and has country ways
Synonyms:
ruralist
Examples:
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
Type of:
rustic
an unsophisticated country person
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