noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He is a patriot of the first order, willing to sacrifice personal justice for the red, white and blue.
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He was especially interested in the patriots.
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Perhaps it is because of a hearty dislike of chauvinism and exaggerated nationalism that I have not become an intense patriot .
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Pinochet called the convicted man a patriot .
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The patriots were having trouble holding her fast.
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The Presbyterians had found it easy to be patriots for many reasons.
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They clashed at parties and at country house weekends with fellow guests who might be termed patriots.
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This could be interpreted in different ways, as later patriots were to find to their cost.