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Definition of Countrymen
1. countryman [n] - See also: countryman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countrymen
Literary usage of Countrymen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The life and ... adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1885)
"... and I desired In- would give me a particular account of his voyage back to
his countrymen with the boat, when I sent him to fetch them over. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The bravest warrior was named to lead his countrymen into the field, by his
example rather than by his commands. But this power, however limited, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Mindful of his own countrymen he wrote to his kinsman and companion in youth,
... Learning oí his whereabouts, many countrymen visited him, eighteen of whom ..."
4. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"C.41?. to you at this moment, as well as to all who seek it, but following the
example of your countrymen join with us, and instead of having always to ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... and faid he '' was called Tigranes, while he lived among " his countrymen;
and Homer, while he was " a ..."
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