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Dictionary: pa·tri·ot   ('trē-ət, -ŏt') pronunciation
 
n.

One who loves, supports, and defends one's country.

[French patriote, from Old French, compatriot, from Late Latin patriōta, from Greek patriōtēs, from patrios, of one's fathers, from patēr, patr-, father.]


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Antonyms: patriot
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n

Definition: person who loves his country
Antonyms: expatriot, traitor


 

n. 1. a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.

2. Patriot MIM-104 trademark a modern surface-to-air missile, first developed in the 1970s as an antiaircraft weapon and adapted in the 1980s to defend against ballistic missiles as well. It was used extensively in the Persian Gulf War (1991).

3. a missile deployed in this system.

patriotism n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

 
Devil's Dictionary: patriot
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


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.


 
Wikipedia: Patriot
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Contents

A patriot is someone who thinks, feels or voices expressions of patriotism, support for their country.

Patriot or Patriots may also refer to:

Politics

  • Patriot (American Revolution) those who supported the cause of American independence in the American Revolution
  • USA PATRIOT Act, an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the attacks of September 11
  • Patriots (faction), a Dutch group that was opposed to the Orangists in the United Provinces in the 18th century
  • Parti Patriote, a political party for Quebec nationalism in the early 19th century
  • Les Patriotes, those who supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the Lower Canada Rebellion
  • Christian Patriot movement, a far-right Christian conservative movement in the United States
  • Patriot Party, various political parties

Military

Newspapers

  • The Patriot Ledger, a newspaper covering the south shore of Massachusetts
  • California Patriot, a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley
  • The Lebanon Patriot, a now-defunct American newspaper published weekly in Lebanon, Ohio
  • The Patriot, the student newspaper of the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky

Observances

Sports

  • New England Patriots, an American football team of the National Football League, based in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
  • El Paso Patriots, a soccer team of the USL Premier Development League, based in El Paso, Texas
  • Fayetteville Patriots, a defunct basketball team of the National Basketball Development League team, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina
  • Ozark Patriots, a baseball team based in Ozark, Alabama
  • Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey
  • George Mason Patriots, the name given to the athletics teams from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia

The Patriots is also the name for various sports teams for North MiddleSex Regional HighSchool In Townsend, MA, and Watauga High School in Boone, NC

Fiction

Technology

  • Patriot Memory, a manufacturer of computer random access memory modules and flash memory devices.
  • Whelen Patriot Lightbar, Whelen Engineering Company, INC.

Other

See also


 
Translations: Patriot
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - patriot

Nederlands (Dutch)
patriot, vaderlandslievende persoon

Français (French)
n. - patriote

Deutsch (German)
n. - Patriot

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πατριώτης, φιλόπατρις

Italiano (Italian)
patriota

Português (Portuguese)
n. - patriota

Русский (Russian)
патриот

Español (Spanish)
n. - patriota

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - patriot, fosterlandsvän

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
爱国者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 愛國者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 애국자, 우국지사, 패트리어트 미사일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 愛国者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وطني, محب لوطنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נאמן למולדת, אוהב ארצו, פטריוט (טיל)‬


 
 

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