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patriot

[ pey-tree-uht, -otor, especially British, pa-tree-uht ]

noun

  1. a person who loves, supports, and defends their country and its interests with devotion.
  2. a person who values individual rights, especially one who attempts to defend those rights against presumed interference by the federal government.
  3. Patriot, Military. a U.S. Army antiaircraft missile with a range of 37 miles (60 kilometers) and a 200-pound (90-kilogram) warhead, launched from a tracked vehicle with radar and computer guidance and fire control.


patriot

1

/ ˈpeɪtrɪət; ˌpætrɪˈɒtɪk; ˈpæt- /

noun

  1. a person who vigorously supports his country and its way of life
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Patriot

2

/ ˈpeɪtrɪət /

noun

  1. a US surface-to-air missile system with multiple launch stations and the capability to track multiple targets by radar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌpatriˈotically, adverb
  • patriotic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • anti·patri·ot noun
  • semi·patri·ot noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of patriot1

First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta, from Greek patriṓtēs “fellow-countryman, lineage member (in the paternal line)”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of patriot1

C16: via French from Late Latin patriōta, from Greek patriotēs, from patris native land; related to Greek patēr father; compare Latin pater father, patria fatherland
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Example Sentences

These were patriots who loved their country and do not want to see our great republic turned into a socialist country.

The fluctuating role of Marvel’s fictional patriot in the ideological melee offers a microcosmic view of the deep ironies of America’s current, frustrating political situation.

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Perhaps even the most devoted sons must eventually leave their mothers to commit the traditional coming-of-age ritual of trashing the seat of American Democracy in the name of being a patriot.

The people who easily bypassed the bollards and fences to terrorize the Capitol said they were there as patriots motivated by policy or politics or partisanship.

A GoFundMe page created under Hopkins’s name had raised more than $136,000 by Tuesday evening, with donors praising him as a patriot and whistleblower.

The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.

The Patriot Act allows the Department of Justice to seize foreign bank assets in U.S. accounts.

“I have always considered him a friend, a patriot, and a dedicated public servant,” McCain said in a statement.

Despite the trials of a lifetime and the events of this summer, Washington still calls himself a patriot.

The President, yesterday, at a Patriot Day ceremony, tells me never to give into fear.

He was a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views, and justly celebrated as a man of learning, eloquent and refined.

Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.

He was afterwards a member of the Massachusetts senate, and much esteemed as a physician and a patriot.

Posing as a patriot King and boasting of his love for his adopted country, he ever remained at heart a Frenchman.

And now, having attained all he could desire, Wilkes sank the patriot in the courtier.

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