English → Latin
“countryman” in Latin
populārispopular (by, of or for the people); of the same people or country; native, indigenouscīviscitizen; a subject (i.e., a person subject to a ruler)mūnicepscitizen (of a municipium)nosterour, oursvesteryour, yours, of you (plural)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
countryman
Fellow-countryman, popularis (PROP., from the same nation or tribe; then, also, from the same country, town, or place, instead of which only Gell., 17, uses gentilis): qui ejusdem est civitatis: qui in eadem civitate natus est (☞ conterraneus not found before Plin., praefat., § 1): civis (fellow-citizen; concivis is spurious Latin): municeps (from the same municipium): my or our countryman, nostras; popularis, civis, municeps noster: your countryman, vestras: our countrymen, populares nostri; homines nostri; also nostri, nostrates only.
Rustic, Vid: COUNTRY-PARSON, *sacerdos rusticanus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for countryman?
- The usual Latin words for “countryman” are populāris, cīvis, mūniceps; also noster, vester. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.