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- noun Plural form of
countryperson .
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Examples
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I don't want my countrypeople to think it was Greek against English.
I share grief for stabbed Briton, says suspect's mother 2011
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Thanks for the shout out sandraD and sorry for the shameful conduct of my countrypeople.
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So hope you had a happy Bastille Day, my sad, sad countrypeople.
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Suddenly I feel the urge to apologise for my fellow countrypeople ...
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So hope you had a happy Bastille Day, my sad, sad countrypeople.
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There's a joke I heard in Europe I won't be more specific lest I get my fellow countrypeople irked at any specific nation that goes like this:
Getting 'Tense' When Reading Genesis James F. McGrath 2009
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Although her portraits of her countrypeople are unflattering to the extreme, Némirovsky's vision is also more nuanced than what many official histories will show.
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This was ordered, organized and financed by the country of my birth, torture carried out by my former countrypeople.
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Hell, if the Afghan War is worth fighting, it should be worth dying for, and if it's worth dying for, and if young soldier Bernard gave his life for his country, his death and the manner of his death should not be hidden from his countrypeople.
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Hell, if the Afghan War is worth fighting, it should be worth dying for, and if it's worth dying for, and if young soldier Bernard gave his life for his country, his death and the manner of his death should not be hidden from his countrypeople.
Dave Lindorff: Censorship American-Style: Hide the US Dead 2009
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