When the workman found a compatriot sanctioning in a tone of authority the reasons by which he could betray Cerizet, he capitulated, asking, however, for three thousand five hundred francs.
Arsenio being his only compatriot at Condillac it was not wonderful that in his few daily hours of relief from his gaoler's duty "Battista" should seek out the fellow and sit in talk with him.
Garnache's mind, actuated by very different motives, was engaged upon the same task, so much so that not a word heard he of what his supposed compatriot was whispering.
Young sir, you have done monsieur le colonel and my compatriot justice.
Leeuwenhoek also, the compatriot of Swammerdam, and Hooke of Ray, amongst other objects submitted to their powerful microscopes, did not neglect insects.
Your cheerful compatriot is right," said Ethan, shaken suddenly out of his role as Nature's apologist.
This man, who is a compatriot of my own, has given me employment ever since I came to London.
He shuffles cringingly along the street, a compatriot not to be proud of.
We are below strength," said Legionary John Bull, in whose weary eyes had shone a new light of interest since they fell upon this compatriot of his own caste and kidney.
Their compatriot had handed his travelling warrant to the girl (dressed in a suit of Feodor's) ind had seen the twins off at the Gare de Lyons with his blessing.
Buonaparte, we may infer, found easy access to the favor of his compatriot Salicetti, and "The Supper of Beaucaire" was heard by the plenipotentiaries with attention.
Perhaps, as high authorities declare, it was at Marseilles that his compatriot Cervoni persuaded him to go as far at least as Toulon, though Salicetti and Buonaparte himself declared later that they met and arranged the matter at Nice.
The author was of Spanish origin, a native of Gades,[364] and the contemporary of his great compatriot the younger Seneca.
He had no taste for oratory, and rejected the advice of his friend Gaius[636] and his distinguished compatriot Quintilian to seek a livelihood as an advocate or as a politician.
In addition to these regulars there were some others, including one Francisco Cotta, a compatriot of mine, and thanks to a royal order I obtained for him, he was allowed to go to the New World as a volunteer with Pedro Arias.
He was the first to herald the discovery of the new world, and to publish the glory of his unknown compatriot to their countrymen.
But his compatriot and rival Hottmann[27] (or Hotteman) not only taught, but distinguished himself especially by some charming compositions.
Another case in which this irrepressible compatriot figured was hardly less peculiar.
The committee on the award of these foremost prizes for advanced work in electricity brought in their report, and, to my amazement, made no award to my compatriot Edison, who was then at the height of his reputation.
At various times during the remainder of the journey I heard them affecting to laugh the matter off, but it was clear that the thrust from my fair compatriot had cut deep and would last long.
With the aid of the Russian ambassador, who acknowledged that his compatriot was one of the worst wretches in existence, I obtained the release of the lady from prison after long negotiations.
I admitted that he had every excuse, and asked him whether my buttered compatriot had won the maiden's affections in addition to his other offences.
The onion-seller is a compatriot of his inamorata.
That she was a member of some secret association of which her compatriot was the head seemed more or less obvious, but what was the personal relationship between them?
The proprietor was a compatriot of Herr Markov's, a small man with an expansive smile and a huge paunch upon which the privations of the war had made little impression.
It might almost be asserted that our fair compatriot wears the oldest coronet in France.
In no rôle does a compatriot appear to such advantage as in that of Benedict.
I fear that chair does not suit you)--I am a foolish sentimentalist, as I have said, and I may tell you I pleaded very hard for the release of this luckless compatriot of yours who was then in the fosse.
He reminds me, as I have said, of a compatriot who was the cause of the Chamberlain's injury.
Your compatriot Monsieur Narcisse Habert asked me to tell you not to look for him.
Pierre was touched by this attention, and pleased to have the company of a compatriot whilst he partook of his final meal amidst the deep silence of the old, black, deserted mansion.
Pierre felt quite comforted and inspirited by thus unexpectedly meeting such a lively, good-natured compatriot in this gloomy Roman "palace.
Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful By the STAR when it setteth, Your compatriot erreth not, nor is he led astray, Neither speaketh he from mere impulse.
The good lady was 132, ten years older than her compatriot Hippolyte Bendo, of whom we spoke just now.
The people of the port praised their compatriot Polyanthus, exaggerating his skill.
Flandrin, a compatriot and native of my own Vendean village.
I noticed an excellent bacteriological institute managed by a compatriot of ours, M.
The former greeted Goldsmith, and introduced his friend, who was a compatriot of his own, named Nicolo.
What I wish is to be directed by you to any compatriot of yours who would give me lessons in fencing.
Of Nature; while to my compatriot youth I point the high example of thy sons, And tune to Attic themes the British lyre.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "compatriot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
