as in loyalist
a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies
the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country
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Recent Examples of patriot
Every single one of you is a patriot!
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Another possibility—perhaps the greatest dread of many Iranian patriots, including even staunch opponents of the regime—is a Yugoslavia-style breakup along ethnic lines.
—Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Many Israeli patriots are in exactly that position.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
In America after 1775 an honest patriot subscribed to American independence.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Another possibility—perhaps the greatest dread of many Iranian patriots, including even staunch opponents of the regime—is a Yugoslavia-style breakup along ethnic lines.
—Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Many Israeli patriots are in exactly that position.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
In America after 1775 an honest patriot subscribed to American independence.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriot
Noun
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Nicolás Maduro, a former bus driver elevated by Chávez as a loyalist rather than a statesman, inherited not only power but a collapsing system.—
Duncan S. DeMarsh,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For decades, Chinese nationalists decried the inability of their leadership to stand up to other world powers.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Born in 1841, Longo’s upbringing by devout Catholic parents took place as the church faced pushback from Italian nationalists, as noted by Catholic News Agency.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Patriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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