patrioteer
nounDefinition of patrioteer
(Entry 1 of 2)
: 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
patrioteer
intransitive verbDefinition of patrioteer (Entry 2 of 2)
: to behave as a patrioteer
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