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patriot

noun as in person who loves his or her country

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These were patriots who loved their country and do not want to see our great republic turned into a socialist country.

The fluctuating role of Marvel’s fictional patriot in the ideological melee offers a microcosmic view of the deep ironies of America’s current, frustrating political situation.

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Perhaps even the most devoted sons must eventually leave their mothers to commit the traditional coming-of-age ritual of trashing the seat of American Democracy in the name of being a patriot.

The people who easily bypassed the bollards and fences to terrorize the Capitol said they were there as patriots motivated by policy or politics or partisanship.

A GoFundMe page created under Hopkins’s name had raised more than $136,000 by Tuesday evening, with donors praising him as a patriot and whistleblower.

The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.

The Patriot Act allows the Department of Justice to seize foreign bank assets in U.S. accounts.

“I have always considered him a friend, a patriot, and a dedicated public servant,” McCain said in a statement.

Despite the trials of a lifetime and the events of this summer, Washington still calls himself a patriot.

The President, yesterday, at a Patriot Day ceremony, tells me never to give into fear.

He was a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views, and justly celebrated as a man of learning, eloquent and refined.

Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.

He was afterwards a member of the Massachusetts senate, and much esteemed as a physician and a patriot.

Posing as a patriot King and boasting of his love for his adopted country, he ever remained at heart a Frenchman.

And now, having attained all he could desire, Wilkes sank the patriot in the courtier.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to patriot, such as: flag-waver, loyalist, nationalist, partisan, patrioteer, and good citizen.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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