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patriot
UK /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/ US /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
noun 6name 2
Definitions
noun
1
A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: […]
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
2
A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
The aim of patriots, therefore, was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be allowed to exercise over the community.
name
1
A surface-to-air missile system.
2
A member of the New England Patriots professional football team.
noun
1
An individual Patriot missile.
2
A person who was in favor of American Independence from Britain during the American Revolution.
3
Synonym of Patriote (A devolution-of-power supporter in Lower Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriots' War).)
4
A devolution-of-power supporter in Upper Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriot War).
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