Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Word of the Week #3

Compatriot

"Woods has won 14 major titles and needs five more to surpass the record of 18 held by compatriot Jack Nicklaus."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8521060.stm

Compatriot- A person from one's own country. A colleague.

Though in Canada, he ran into his compatriot during the Olympic games.

1 comment:

  1. Please include the part of speech ... in this case, it's a noun.

    4/5

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