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fatherland Definition

father·land (-land′)

noun

  1. a person's native land or country
  2. the land or country of one's ancestors

Etymology: prob. < Du vaderland, Ger vaterland

fatherland Synonyms

fatherland

n.

mother country, homeland, native land; see country 3.

fatherland Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • defend: He called upon them to defend the Socialist fatherland.
  • have: Most of them have no fatherland of their own, or someone else's.

Adjective modifier

  • socialist: He called upon them to defend the Socialist fatherland.
  • own: Our own fatherland 's yellow Cadet papers have taken of course, the same road.
  • imperialist: But they, alas, have been deprived of pastures just as the imperialist fatherlands which cast them out were deprived of colonies.
fatherland Quotes

Bier,Tabak und Musik. Da haben wir IhrVaterland! Beer, tobacco, and music.There we havethe Fatherland!

—Mann,Thomas

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