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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman from one's own country; a compatriot.
  • noun A woman from a particular country.
  • noun A woman who lives in the country or has country ways.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female inhabitant or native of a particular country or region.
  • noun A woman born in the same country with another person.
  • noun A woman belonging to the country, as opposed to the town.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A female compatriot
  • noun A woman who lives in the country or has retained country ways

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
  • noun a woman from your own country

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