patriot (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *patriot*:
NOUN	person	patriot, nationalist	one who loves and defends his or her country

patriot > pronunciation
Sounds	pey'triyaht
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *patriot*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	One who loves and defends his or her country.
Synonym	nationalist
Instances	Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi	Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)
	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
Broader	national, subject	A person who owes allegiance to that nation
Spanish	nacionalista, patriota
Catalan	nacionalista, patriota

HyperDic: patriot