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patriot

[pey-tree-uht, -ot, pa-tree-uht] / ˈpeɪ tri ət, -ˌɒt, ˈpæ tri ət /


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Before he became a patriot and founding father, Benjamin Franklin was a businessman.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

A nation at peace still needs to be built, and that takes a different kind of patriot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"He didn't want to, but he had do it. He was a patriot," Natalia explains, through her tears.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

"Regardless of what they say, to me, my son was a patriot, and that's what matters to me."

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Some of them joined what Dunmore called the Ethiopian Regiment, a force that ended up weakened by yellow fever, attacked by patriot soldiers, and chased from Virginia.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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