Meaning | One who loves and defends his or her country. |
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Synonym | nationalist |
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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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