patriot
/ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/US/ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
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patriot noun: a person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
Noun (1)
patriot (plural patriots)
- A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
- Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: […]1712 (date written), [Alexander] Pope, “Prologue, by Mr. Pope. Spoken by Mr. [Robert] Wilks.”, in [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC
- 'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'1901, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “A Defence of Patriotism”, in The Defendant, London: R. Brimley Johnson, →OCLC, page 125
- A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
- The aim of patriots, therefore, was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be allowed to exercise over the community.1859, John Stuart Mill, “(please specify the page)”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Patriot
Patriot
- A surface-to-air missile system.
- A member of the New England Patriots professional football team.
Noun (2) capitalized: Patriot
Patriot (plural Patriots)
- An individual Patriot missile.
- A person who was in favor of American Independence from Britain during the American Revolution.
- Synonym of Patriote (A devolution-of-power supporter in Lower Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriots' War).)
- Synonyms:
- Patriote
- A devolution-of-power supporter in Upper Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriot War).
patriot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
patriot in Hindi
- person who loves, supports and defends his country
- देशभक्त deśbhakt, वतनपरस्त vatanparast, देशप्रेमी deśapremī
patriot in Tamil
- நாட்டுப் பற்றுடையவர், நாட்டுப்பற்றாளர்
patriot in Urdu
- person who loves, supports and defends his country
- وَطَن دوسْت, وَطَن پَرَسْت vatan parast
patriot in Bengali
- person who loves, supports and defends his country
- দেশভক্ত deśobhokto
More languagesFewer languages
- patriot in Telugu
- దేశభక్తుడు, పేట్రియాట్
- patriot in Malayalam
- ദേശസ്നേഹി
- patriot in Kannada
- ದೇಶಭಕ್ತ, ದೇಶಪ್ರೇಮಿ, ಸ್ವದೇಶಾಭಿಮಾನಿ, ನಾಡರ್ತಿಗ
- patriot in Gujarati
- દેશભક્ત deśbhakt
- patriot in Pashto
- وطنپال watanpāl, وطندوست watandost, وطن پرست watan parast
- patriot in Arabic
- وَطَنِيّ waṭaniyy, وَطَنِيَّة waṭaniyya
- patriot in Malay
- patriot
- patriot in Indonesian
- patriot
- patriot in Thai
- ผู้รักชาติ pûu-rák-châat
- patriot in Vietnamese
- người yêu nước, nhà ái quốc
- patriot in Myanmar
- မျိုးချစ် myui:hkyac, ဝံသာနုရက္ခိတ wamsanu.rakhki.ta.
Examples of patriot in a sentence
- HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22...
- Bad news for a certain kind of pedantic patriot (look away now, Jacob Rees-Mogg).2019 April 18, David Shariatmadari, “Ize on the prize: is Prince Charles the last guardian of British spelling?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN...
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Forms of patriot
| plural | patriots |
|---|---|
| plural | Patriots |
Origin of patriot
From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
Capitalization of patriot.
Words formed from patriot
Phrases with patriot
Questions about patriot
- What does patriot mean?
- Patriot means a person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
- What is patriot in Hindi?
- Patriot in Hindi is देशभक्त (deśbhakt), वतनपरस्त (vatanparast), देशप्रेमी (deśapremī). See Patriot meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use patriot in a sentence?
- HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots.
- What part of speech is patriot?
- Patriot can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce patriot?
- Patriot is pronounced /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of patriot?
- The plural of patriot is patriots.
Words near patriot in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: patriot (page history and authors); Patriot (page history and authors); patriot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patriot (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patriot (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patriot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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