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patriot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/ (Australia)
• /ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/ (Australia)
• /ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɛt.ɹi.ət/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

Meanings

1. A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
   • The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war. 1953, Sydney J. Harris, “Purely Personal Prejudices”, in Strictly Personal, Regnery, page 228:
   • Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: […] 1712 (date written), [Alexander] Pope, “Prologue, by Mr. Pope. Spoken by Mr. [Robert] Wilks.”, in [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC:
   • '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.' 1901, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “A Defence of Patriotism”, in The Defendant, London: R. Brimley Johnson, →OCLC, page 125:
   • Good thing there are loads of courageous anti-tax patriots (like Michelle Malkin!) willing to organize teabaggy protests designed to bring about a brave new world without bailouts, welfare, wars, or red tape […] 2009 April 10, Michael Hogan, “The Government Would Suck at Throwing a Tea Party”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016:
   • Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar. 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021:
   • Bad news for a certain kind of pedantic patriot (look away now, Jacob Rees-Mogg). Prince Charles has debased the English language – and in a letter to a foreign potentate, no less. 2019 April 18, David Shariatmadari, “Ize on the prize: is Prince Charles the last guardian of British spelling?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2019:
2. (archaic) 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. 1859, John Stuart Mill, “(please specify the page)”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

Patriot Day · paytriot · patriotess · Patriot missile · patriotship · copatriot · cosplaytriot · patriotism · patriotic · patriotical · patriotist · patrioteer · superpatriot · antipatriot · patriotization · Caitriot · patriothood · patriotize

Relateds

hatriot · matriotic · matriot

Translations (162)

et rahvuslane (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · nb patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · mk родољубец (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh патрѝотица (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ur وَطَن دوسْت (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · de Patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · de Patriotin (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · gv graihder çheerey (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · be патрыётка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tg ватанпараст (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl patriotka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ckb نیشتیمان پەروەر (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ka მამულიშვილი (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fi patriootti (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl rodoljub (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tr vatansever (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · bg родолю́бка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ru патрио́тка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tr yurtsever (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fo fosturlandsvinur (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · mk патрио́т (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · mk родољупка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · zza waresinayoğ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh rȍdoljūb (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · el πατριώτισσα (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · az vətənpərvər (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · da patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tk watançy (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · hu hazafi (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh домољубац (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · pl patriotka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · pt patriota (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · bg патрио́т (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ga tírghráthóir (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · uk патріо́т (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh rȍdoljūpka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · lt patriotė (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · uz vatanparvar (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · kmr welatparêz (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · cs patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh родољубац (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · gv dooinney dooie (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · hi देशभक्त (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh patrìotica (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl domoljub (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · az yurdsevər (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · id patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl domoljubka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl rodoljubka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ps وطنپال (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · kmr welatperwer (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · cmn 愛國者 /爱国者 (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · vo jilomänälan (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · km អ្នកស្នេហាជាតិ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · kmr patriyot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · es patriota (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · lt patriotas (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · cs vlastenec (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl patriotinja (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh rodoljubac (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sq atdhetar (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · hi देशप्रेमी (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · de Vaterlandsfreund (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · pl patriota (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fo føðilandsvinur (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ca patriota (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · mk патрио́тка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · vo lomänälan (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tt ватанчы (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · zza welatperwer (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sk vlastenec (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · gl patriota (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · crh vatanperver (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · zza welatsinayoğ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ky патриот (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · lo ຜູ້ຮັກຊາດ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh domoljubac (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sl patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · et patrioot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · hy հայրենասեր (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · yi פּאַטריאָט (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · de Vaterlandsliebhaber (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fa-ira میهَنپَرَسْت (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh dȍmoljūb (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ur وَطَن پَرَسْت (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ka პატრიოტი (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · is ættjarðarvinur (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · vo hilomänälan (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · alt патриот (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fr patriote (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · nl patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sq atdhetare (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · vi nhà ái quốc (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · oc patriòta (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ar وَطَنِيّ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · be патрыёт (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh домо̀љупка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · hi वतनपरस्त (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · kk отансүйгіш (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · wa patriyote (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · my မျိုးချစ် (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ko 애국자 (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ru патрио́т (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · lv patriote (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh ро̏дољӯб (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh patrìot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · el πατριώτης (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh до̏мољӯб (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · vi người yêu nước (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · th ผู้รักชาติ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · af patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · et isamaalane (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sv patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tg ватандӯст (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · kk отаншыл (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · bg родолю́бец (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · io patrioto (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · am አርበኛ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · he פַּטְרִיוֹט (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ro patriotă (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sk patriotka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tg ватанпарвар (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ky мекенчил (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · cy gwladgarwr (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · nl vaderlander (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · de Vaterlandsliebhaberin (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · nn patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · tk patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh патрѝот (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fa-ira وَطَنپَرَسْت (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sk vlastenka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · kk патриот (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · eu abertzale (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · it patriota (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · mn эх оронч (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · bn দেশভক্ত (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ms patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · cs patriotka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · lv patriots (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh ро̏дољӯпка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ar وَطَنِيَّة (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ro patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · mk родољуб (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · de Vaterlandsfreundin (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · my ဝံသာနုရက္ခိတ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · alt тӧрӧлчи (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · br brogarour (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ps وطندوست (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sk patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · eo patrioto (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · uz patriot (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · sh domòljupka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · bg патрио́тка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · is föðurlandsvinur (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ps وطن پرست (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · chr ᎤᎨᏳᎯ (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ug ۋەتەنپەرۋەر (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · cs vlastenka (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · uk патріо́тка (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · ja 愛国者 (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · fa-ira میهَندوسْت (person who loves, supports and defends his country) · gu દેશભક્ત (person who loves, supports and defends his country)