Definition of patrioteer
plural -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
