com·pat·ri·ot
noun/kəmˈpætriət/
/kəmˈpeɪtriət/
- a person who was born in, or is a citizen of, the same country as somebody else
同胞；同国人 - He played against one of his compatriots in the semi-final.
他在半决赛中与他的一位同胞选手对垒。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French compatriote, from late Latin compatriota (translating Greek sumpatriōtēs), from com- ‘together with’ + patriota ‘fellow countryman’, from Greek patriōtēs, from patrios ‘of one's fathers’, from patris ‘fatherland’. - He played against one of his compatriots in the semi-final.