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patriot Definition

pa·triot (pā′trē ət, -ät′; chiefly Brit, also pa′-)

noun

one who loves and loyally or zealously supports one's own country

Etymology: Fr patriote < LL patriota, fellow countryman < Gr patriōtēs < patris, fatherland < patēr, father

patriot Related Forms

pa′·tri·ot′ic (-ät′ik) adjective pa′·tri·ot′i·cally adverb

patriot Synonyms

patriot

n.

lover of his country, good citizen, statesman, nationalist, volunteer, loyalist, jingoist, chauvinist.

patriot Usage Examples

Possessives

card: So if Kerry was trying to play the patriot's card, he may find that it is not a major issue nationally.

Converse of object

  • become: According to the company both will enable to you become a true patriot you know you are dying to be with ease.
  • name: In addition to Snake Eater there was a rumored title named The Patriots, but that's probably false.
  • have: We are beginning to notice a theme developing; that Irish pubs often seem to have patriot British names - such as this place.
  • warn: But my opponents had put me on my honor not to warn any patriot.
  • keep: Both are filled with second rate apparatchiks forever declaring their own patriotism, while keeping patriots out of office or out of print.
  • play: So if Kerry was trying to play the patriot 's card, he may find that it is not a major issue nationally.

Adjective modifier

  • ardent: Ms Dudley Edwards, in her obituary of her late former husband, Patrick Cosgrave, said he became an ardent English patriot.
  • Cuban: No one remembers a single Cuban patriot who lost heart.
  • ex: Kranji Cemetery Singapore is now the resting place for all British and Allied service men and women plus other ex patriots.
  • Irish: Was he an Irish patriot or an English traitor?
  • true: Every true patriot in America will help buy tickets.
  • Scottish: These bands were lead ably by the great Scottish patriot, William Wallace.

Modifies a noun

  • missile: Question: You seemed to imply at one point there that the failure was in the aircraft, not in the patriot missile?
  • act: He can do that now with the patriot act.
  • party: During this war the patriot party had kept silence; now it spoke out the louder.
  • game: The pumped-up Corey ' Crazy ' Pavin led the patriot games from the front.
  • ram: Also this is not the first time I have seen patriot ram doa.
  • battery: Patriot missile batteries manned by U.S. soldiers stood at the ready to defend against Scud missile attacks that never came.

Noun used with modifier

race: I am an imperialist and not a Little Englander because I am a British race patriot.