Countrywoman
['kʌntrɪwʊmən]
Definition
(noun.) a woman from your own country.
(noun.) a woman who lives in the country and has country ways.
Typist: Melba--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- It was impossible to refuse the request of a fellow-countrywoman dying in a strange land. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had better do the old countrywoman: the Cottager's wife; you had, indeed, Julia. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- One misses one's countrymen and especially one's countrywomen. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Shanna