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
Real patriots pay no heed to such undemocratic, childish rhetoric.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Every citizen, patriot, and elective official can positively impact the revitalization of a permanent magnet industry and supply chain in the United States.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Five, with a few notorious exceptions, our immigrants are patriots.
—Timothy Cardinal Dolan, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
A lot of men and women who considered themselves American patriots were British or lived in London or traveled around the Atlantic.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Every citizen, patriot, and elective official can positively impact the revitalization of a permanent magnet industry and supply chain in the United States.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Five, with a few notorious exceptions, our immigrants are patriots.
—Timothy Cardinal Dolan, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
A lot of men and women who considered themselves American patriots were British or lived in London or traveled around the Atlantic.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriot
Noun
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Critics say appointing a Macron loyalist on such a day amounts to a baptism of fire for Lecornu.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Macron loyalist Lecornu entered politics at 19, becoming the country’s youngest parliamentary assistant.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Putin is also a strong nationalist.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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By the time that war in East Asia took hold, in 1937, China was a decade into its own civil war between the nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong’s communists.—
Meredith Oyen,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Patriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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