patrioteer
Definition of patrioteer
-s
: one who makes an ostentatious show of patriotism from venal or degraded motives : an insincere, misguided, or spurious patriot : flag-waver they are quick to detect the phony and they can distinguish a patriot from a patrioteer — Dorothy Thompson catchword patrioteers — S. V. Benét patrioteers, roaring nationalists and reformers with apparently simple devices for making the world better and safer — Stanley Walker
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Origin and Etymology of patrioteer
patriot + -eer
patrioteer
Definition of patrioteer
-ed/-ing/-s
: to behave as a patrioteer
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