English > nationalist: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | One who loves and defends his or her country. |
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| Synonym | patriot |
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| Instances | Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi | Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) |
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| Gonne, Maud Gonne | Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953) |
| Kosciusko, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko | Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) |
| Mazzini, Giuseppe Mazzini | Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) |
| Narrower | chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer | An extreme bellicose nationalist |
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| Broader | national, subject | A person who owes allegiance to that nation |
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| Spanish | nacionalista, patriota |
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| Catalan | nacionalista, patriota |
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| Adjectives | nationalist | devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others |
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| Nouns | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
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