as in loyalists
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 patriots
The American patriots who showed up on January 6 were doing their duty as citizens to ensure the will of the people was exercised.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Another man, older by six years, argued with fellow patriots in a Hong Kong café.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Many Israeli patriots are in exactly that position.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The 2020 presidential election was stolen; vaccines are very dangerous; January 6th was a civil gathering of patriots.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Charlie was one of the greatest young patriots this country has ever seen.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Boston is the city where patriots rebelled against the English Crown and began the American Revolution.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Another man, older by six years, argued with fellow patriots in a Hong Kong café.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Many Israeli patriots are in exactly that position.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The 2020 presidential election was stolen; vaccines are very dangerous; January 6th was a civil gathering of patriots.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Charlie was one of the greatest young patriots this country has ever seen.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Boston is the city where patriots rebelled against the English Crown and began the American Revolution.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriots
Noun
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Nineteen thousand resident white loyalists also supplemented British troops, as did at least eight thousand Irishmen and more than thirty thousand soldiers loaned to the king by princes in the German states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among Tangem loyalists, the rollout landed as a pragmatic compromise rather than a betrayal.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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“Patriots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriots. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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