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jingoes

Variant of jingo

noun pl. jingoes

a person who boasts of his or her patriotism and favors an aggressive, threatening, warlike foreign policy; chauvinist

Origin: < phr. by jingo in the refrain of a patriotic Brit music-hall song (1878): orig. ? euphemism for Jesus

adjective

of jingoes; jingoistic

Related Forms:

jingoism noun, adjective
jingoist noun
jingoistic adjective
jingoistically adverb

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