countryman

Questions about countryman

What does countryman mean?

countryman means "a man from your own country". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in countryman?

countryman has 3 syllables: coun-try-man. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkʌntɹimən/.

What is another word for countryman?

Close synonyms include ruralist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is countryman a common word?

countryman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.