Definition of "fellow-countryman" [fellow-countryman]

• One belonging to the same country; a compatriot. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Cushnahan, not a political lightweight in any sense of the word, is a somewhat acerbic personality, so I was struck by the respect he clearly had for our fellow-countryman, a senior European Parliament official, who I frankly had never heard of before."
• "At first, when I was unaware of this interest of his in my affairs, he had to divine my intentions, as, for instance, at Papeete, when I contemplated going partners with a knavish fellow-countryman on a guano venture."
• "Ferguson appeared to be a morose and silent man, but I could see from the little that he said that he was at least a fellow-countryman."