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
The Mona Lisa is now the most famous, and most visited, painting in the world, but this was not the case until she was stolen from the Louvre—which acquired her in 1904—by Louvre employee Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian patriot who thought it should be returned to Italy.
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Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The group — which included veteran of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard — are also all descendants of patriots of the American Revolution.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Thanks to a new English book from Boston playwright Kirsten Greenidge, the action is transported from France to 1776-era Boston where Massachusetts revolutionary and patriot Deborah Sampson has disguised herself as a man to fight for independence.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
The tools and strategies that are being used on good White protestors, undocumented children, transgender patriots, Democrats, and Republicans who fight against their party’s leader have been practiced on Black folks across American history.
—Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
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Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The group — which included veteran of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard — are also all descendants of patriots of the American Revolution.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Thanks to a new English book from Boston playwright Kirsten Greenidge, the action is transported from France to 1776-era Boston where Massachusetts revolutionary and patriot Deborah Sampson has disguised herself as a man to fight for independence.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
The tools and strategies that are being used on good White protestors, undocumented children, transgender patriots, Democrats, and Republicans who fight against their party’s leader have been practiced on Black folks across American history.
—Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriot
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These influencers stoke online backlash and invite criticism from the right while charming casual fans and Democratic loyalists.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Replacing them with loyalists could help Warsh get rates down faster.—
Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox,Alex Harring,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Irish nationalists had rebelled against British rule for hundreds of years, but revolution started to become more palatable to the larger public during World War I, according to Sean Farrell, a history professor at Northern Illinois University and 19th century Irish historian.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Many Christian nationalists believe in erasing the boundaries between church and state, Andrew Whitehead, a professor of sociology at Indiana University Indianapolis, previously told USA TODAY.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Patriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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