a person born in or living in the same country as somebody else synonym compatriot同国人;同胞;同乡 a man living or born in the country, not in the town 乡下人;农村人 Even after thirty years living in the country, I fear I am not a proper countryman. I don’t farm for a living or go tramping across drenched fields, gun in hand. 即使在乡下生活了三十年,我担心我不是一个真正的乡下人。我不是以种地为生,也不是手里拿着枪在湿漉漉的田野上行走。