patriot
Noun
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One who loves and defends his or her country (synset 110427055)
subtypes: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer - an extreme bellicose nationalistspecific instances:
- garibaldi, giuseppe garibaldi - Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)
- gonne, maud gonne - Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953)
- kosciusko, kosciuszko, tadeusz andrzej bonawentura kosciuszko, thaddeus kosciusko - Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
- giuseppe mazzini, mazzini - Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872)
same as: nationalist
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