a. [f. prec. + -IC, after patriotic: cf. F. compatriotique.] Of or pertaining to compatriots; belonging to the same country.
1803. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., I. 332. Hindostan, whose annals we now peruse with a compatriotic interest.
1884. H. Zimmern, in Gentl. Mag., Feb., 131. To please my compatriotic and foreign friends.
1889. Harper’s Mag., Sept., 642/1. Our compatriotic sonnet.
