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- noun Plural form of
compatriate .
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In a remarkable moment when the Muslim protestors were trying to conduct their prayers in the Square and Mubarak's thugs tried to attack them as they prayed, a cordon of Egyptian Coptic Christians who had joined the protests circled around their Muslim compatriates, shielding them.
Mark Juergensmeyer: Is Tahrir Square the End of Al Qaeda? Mark Juergensmeyer 2011
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I read my Bible this morning, a passage from Nehemiah and his account od how he and his compatriates rebuilt the Temple in 500bc.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Your and many of you compatriates 'approach -- and particularly your use as a screen name of a BS "scandal" of which your own candidate has dozens -- are almost as inimical to that goal as anonymous HRC staffers opining in the papers about "black candidates" and the supposed animosity between African Americans and Latinos.
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DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN, FRENCH PRIME MINISTER (through translator): France condemns the drama of Qana, which was an unjustifiable act which stunned all our compatriates.
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My heart is with my compatriates, my family, my friends, anyone affected by this evil.
Thinking about London intertext 2005
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That's unfortunate but it's good to have compatriates.
anne-jumps Diary Entry anne-jumps 2000
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Since the Web became popular in 1995 or so, I've turned these activities to their online dimension, and have come to champion European e-commerce among my fellow American compatriates.
Interviews (1998-2001) Marie Lebert
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Since the Web became popular in 1995 or so, I've turned these activities to their online dimension, and have come to champion European e-commerce among my fellow American compatriates.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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I was a newspaperman and I learned better, so please, my compatriates, let´t get a little more credible with contribituble sources that can be substantiated.
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In a remarkable moment when the Muslim protestors were trying to conduct their prayers in the Square and Mubarak's thugs tried to attack them as they prayed, a cordon of Egyptian Coptic Christians who had joined the protests circled around their Muslim compatriates, shielding them.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mark Juergensmeyer 2011
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