jingoists

Noun

jingoist (plural jingoists)

1. One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
   • The term "jingoist;" or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson. It was applied to James G. Blaine, the typical American of his time -- a man from beneath whose very toe-nails enough intellect might be scraped to make an hundred Clevelands or McKinleys. All...1919, William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12

   Synonyms:

   hawk, war hawk, warmonger

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