flag-waver
noun
flag-wav·er
ˈflag-ˌwā-vər 
1
: one who is intensely and conspicuously patriotic
2
: one who waves a flag in signaling
3
: a song intended to rouse patriotic sentiment
Examples of flag-waver in a Sentence
a newspaper columnist who never manages to be anything other than a knee-jerk flag-waver
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For those two groups to get in not just over Carey and O’Connor, but more traditional rock and roll flag-wavers like Oasis and Lenny Kravitz, is also something of a shock.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Flag-waver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag-waver. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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