(n.) One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.
(a.) Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
Example Sentences:
(1) The move, first mooted two months ago, has been instigated with Jol's blessing and the new man was quick to insist he had spent "many hours" talking with his compatriot prior to accepting the position, even if his arrival effectively dilutes the manager's powerbase at the club.
(2) Some suggest the party is concerned about longer term political shifts and the risk of contagion if people on the mainland begin to wonder why they cannot choose their leader like compatriots in Hong Kong.
(3) This view contradicts what is often expressed in these pages, most recently by my compatriot Naomi Klein in her criticisms of green groups .
(4) Has she sensed the mood of her compatriots correctly this time?
(5) Yes, Khodorkovsky has been very unlucky in his fate, but we, his compatriots, have been unbelievably lucky: the party of human dignity is today embodied by an individual who conducts himself in a model fashion and does not bend or break under pressure.
(6) It is simply absurd to declare that Latvians who wish to honour their compatriots who fought and died in the second world war have any sympathy for the abhorrent ideologies that were responsible for the death of so many of my people and that plunged my nation into decades of occupation by Nazi and Soviet oppressors.
(7) It was a measure of the depth of Warrington's squad that Smith felt able to omit Brett Hodgson and Trent Waterhouse, two compatriots whose vast experience includes both State of Origin rugby and Grand Finals in Sydney.
(8) But Ancelotti's compatriot told France Football today: "I have never been contacted."
(9) Despite Dynamo playing in the Champions League, now it seems like a great opportunity to make the switch.” Lens, who played for the Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat at AZ Alkmaar and PSV Eindhoven, admitted his compatriot’s presence at the Stadium of Light was a big factor.
(10) Vietto, 21, is considered one of the most exciting young talents in La Liga and will link up again with compatriot and former coach Diego Simeone at Atlético.
(11) Agüero terrorised his opponents, scored four times, missed a penalty and, in the process, caught and overhauled his compatriot Carlos Tevez’s scoring record in City’s colours.
(12) After four days out of the public eye, Venezuela’s opposition hardliner Leopoldo Lopez has appeared in a video asking his compatriots to join him in a march on Tuesday to demand a halt to the crackdown that followed Wednesday’s deadly protests.
(13) Guangzhou Evergrande He joined Brazilian compatriot and former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho at the club.
(14) Mauresmo claims to recall very clearly the moment when she fell in love with tennis when, as a three-year-old, she watched her compatriot Yannick Noah triumph in the 1983 French Open .
(15) Raekwon has rejoined the Wu-Tang Clan, performing with his hip-hop compatriots on The Daily Show.
(16) Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic, an international team-mate, had acknowledged before May's Europa League final between the clubs that his compatriot had made considerable progress.
(17) She writes: In a massive departure from his usual diplomacy, Greece's ceremonial head employed the occasion of a visit by Canadian officials to say what he really thinks about the fiscal measures being enforced on his compatriots.
(18) Unlike the absolute majority of my Chinese compatriots, I consider that the Philippines has some reasonable grounds for its claims.
(19) A statement on the club’s website added: “The Portuguese is joined by backroom team and compatriots João Mário, João Cunha and Bruno Lage.” The appointment of Carvalhal had been expected for more than a week, though reports also linked the club with a move for Swindon’s manager, Mark Cooper.
(20) He retired from public life in June 2004 ahead of his 86th birthday, telling his adoring compatriots: "Don't call me, I'll call you."
Friend
Definition:
(n.) One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
(n.) One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
(n.) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
(n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
(n.) A paramour of either sex.
(v. t.) To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
Example Sentences:
(1) In April, they said the teenager boarded a flight to Turkey with his friend Hassan Munshi, also 17 at the time.
(2) I ask a friend to have a stab at, “down at cafe that does us butties”, and he said: “Something to do with his ass?” “Whose arse?” He looked panicked.
(3) Friend erythroleukemia cells were induced to differentiate by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and hexamethylene-bis-acetamide (HBMA) in order to investigate whether their lipid characteristics, common to other systems of transformed cells, revert to a normal differentiation pattern.
(4) Furthermore, in induced Friend cells 100 microM Fe-SIH stimulated 2-14C-glycine incorporation into heme up to 3.6-fold as compared to the incorporation observed with saturating concentrations of Fe-Tf.
(5) Although there was already satisfaction in the development of dementia-friendly pharmacies and Pride in Practice, a new standard of excellence in healthcare for gay, lesbian and bisexual patients, the biggest achievement so far was the bringing together of a strategic partnership of 37 NHS, local government and social organisations.
(6) After friends heard that he was on them, Brumfield started observing something strange: “If we had people over to the Super Bowl or a holiday season party, I’d notice that my medicines would come up short, no matter how good friends they were.” Twice people broke into his house to get to the drugs.
(7) The video, which Kester said was taken by a friend of Savannah’s who came to support her, was circulated online this month and featured in a Mormon LGBTQ podcast.
(8) When the standoff ended after 30 minutes, a French police officer told the migrants: “Here is your friend.
(9) I first saw them live at the location of the terror attack, Manchester Arena – then the MEN – aged 15, a teen at a gig with my friends, as many of the Grande’s fans were.
(10) That’s when you heard the ‘boom’.” Teto Wilson also claimed to have witnessed the shooting, posting on Facebook on Sunday morning that he and some friends had been at the Elk lodge, outside which the shooting took place.
(11) I didn’t come here to play games – I wrote to all my friends and family because I might not see them again,” he told Al-Aan.
(12) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
(13) Clare Gills, an American journalist and friend of Foley, wrote in 2013: “He is always striving to get to the next place, to get closer to what is really happening, and to understand what moves the people he’s speaking with.
(14) But last year Rosi Santoni, one of the relatives who helped look after her, said she had plenty of family to care for her and had many friends in the town.
(15) When I told my friend Rob that I was coming to visit him in Rio, I suggested we try something a bit different to going to the beach every day and drinking caipirinhas until three in the morning.
(16) But mention the words "eurozone crisis" to other Finns, and you could be rewarded with little more than a confused, albeit friendly, smile.
(17) He numbered the Kennedy family and Ian Fleming, creator of the James Bond thrillers, among his friends and spent millions on amassing a first-class art collection, featuring works by Manet and Monet, as well as Van Gogh.
(18) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(19) The person responsible for pulling the trigger was equally likely to be a friend, a family member, or the victim.
(20) Alec played a role in the resignation of the UK defence secretary Liam Fox last year over his close ties to his friend Adam Werritty.