Jingo

[dʒingәu]

Definition

(n.) A word used as a jocular oath.

(n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.

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Definition

n. a name used in the expletives 'By Jingo!' 'By the living Jingo!' From its occurrence in a music-hall song of 1878 that conveyed a threat against Russia Jingo has come to mean a British Chauvinist.—adjs. Jing′o Jing′oish.—n. Jing′oism.

Editor: Rodney