Patriot
['pætrɪət;'peɪt-] or ['petrɪət]
Definition
(n.) One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests.
(a.) Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
Typed by Levi
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lover of one's country.
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Definition
n. one who truly loves and serves his fatherland.—adj. devoted to one's country.—adj. Pātriot′ic like a patriot: actuated by a love of one's country: directed to the public welfare.—adv. Pātriot′ically.—n. Pā′triotism quality of being patriotic: love of one's country.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.
Checker: Yale
Unserious Contents or Definition
One who is willing to take all of Uncle Sam's bonds in a lump.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- A good patriot, said the other, could hardly have been more afflicted if the Aristocrat had drawn a blank. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Look, _Ingl閟_, what an exemplary patriot. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He felt that science is of no country and that its conquests belong to mankind, but tha t the scientist must be a patriot in the service of his native lan d. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We know, that were we to approach equally near to that renowned patriot, he would command a much higher degree of affection and admiration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Fulton, always an ardent patriot, answered, At all events, whatever may be your reward, I will never consent to let these inventions lie dormant should my Country at any time have need of them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We visited the tomb of the illustrious Hampden, and the field on which that patriot fell. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And like the Greeks of old, every disgruntled Polish patriot flew off to some foreign enemy to wreak his indignation upon his ungrateful country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are a patriot. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr. Solicitor-General then, following his leader's lead, examined the patriot: John Barsad, gentleman, by name. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As a Christian patriot, as a teacher of Christianity, I go to _my country_,--my chosen, my glorious Africa! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When toned down again, the unimpeachable patriot appeared in the witness-box. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The drunken patriot had them in his cap, and produced them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There is no patriot in Paris--in Paris? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- No; only that my grandfather was a patriot--a bright fellow--could speak many languages--musical--got his bread by teaching all sorts of things. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- An austere patriot's passion for his fatherland! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Here, you patriots, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The same determined patriots and good republicans as yesterday and the day before, and to-morrow and the day after. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The escorted governed his own horse, but a loose line was attached to his bridle, the end of which one of the patriots kept girded round his wrist. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The prisoner obeyed, and a guard of two armed patriots attended them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The collegians he addressed, not as schoolboys, but as future citizens and embryo patriots. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To revive the ancient government you must have the ancient patriots, poets, and scholars. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Darnay complied, and was taken back to the guard-house, where other patriots in rough red caps were smoking, drinking, and sleeping, by a watch-fire. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Silence, patriots! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Here, an excited woman screeched from the crowd: You were one of the best patriots there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Good patriots will know what that means. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Defarge took his receipt without noticing the exclamation, and withdrew, with his two fellow-patriots. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He did so, and the two patriots, leading his tired horse, turned and rode away without entering the city. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It had been established voluntarily some time ago, among the more thorough patriots; but, was now law for everybody. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Where will you take your patriots? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Patriots and friends, we are ready! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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