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   compatriot

   /kəmˈpeɪtrɪət/

   noun

   • 1. a fellow citizen or national of a country: "Stich defeated his compatriot Boris Becker in the quarter-finals"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French compatriote, from late Latin compatriota (translating Greek sumpatriōtēs), from com- ‘together with’ + patriota (see patriot).

   Derivatives

   • 1. compatriotic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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